# Accident 19780921033889A: Blanca 7KCA/, Half Moon Bay, CA, September 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1978
- Place: Half Moon Bay, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 37.4673° N, 122.4399° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Half Moon Bay, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4673&lon=-122.4399&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7682S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7682S-1982-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7KCA/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 992 total, 28 in this make and model, 433 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVM48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVM48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780921033889A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK78FVM48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVM48), Sep 21, 1978: Bellanca 7KCAB (N7682S), Half Moon Bay, CA, substantial damage

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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