# Accident 19780920028749A: Blanca 7KCA/, Paso Robles,Ca, CA, September 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1978
- Place: Paso Robles,Ca, CA
- Airport: Paso Robles Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 35.6729° N, 120.6271° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PASO ROBLES MUNI (PRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6729&lon=-120.6271&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53860, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53860-2014-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7ECA (registry code 1220460, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7 total, 7 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DVM47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVM47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780920028749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX78DVM47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVM47), Sep 20, 1978: Bellanca 7ECA (N53860), Paso Robles, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N53860 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19841013076119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841013076119A), Oct 13, 1984: Bbavia 7ECA (N53860), Porterville, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft touched down on side of runway. Go around initiated without directional control. Struck fence and building

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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