# Incident 19780929028869I: Blanca 7ECA, Beltzville, PA, September 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1978, 11:00 local time
- Place: Beltzville, PA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8401° N, 75.6355° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beltzville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8401&lon=-75.6355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9097L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9097L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-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 7ECA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 40 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780929028869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED MID FIELD. BRAKES APPLIED AND CRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Other reports on N9097L (1)

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

- [Accident 19880327014619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880327014619A), Mar 27, 1988: Bbavia 7ECA (N9097L), La Belle, FL, Substantial damage. Stolen aircraft ground looped on takeoff,collided with a fence and nosed over. Pilot left scene and not identified.

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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