# Accident 19781013035789A: Blanca 7KCA/, New Orleans, LA, October 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1978
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2531Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2531Z-1982-07-21) (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: 17 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA002-139063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781013035789A

## Narrative

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

(.4) NO NARRATIVE

## 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 FTW78FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA002-139063), Oct 13, 1978: Bellanca 7KCAB (N2531Z), New Orleans, LA, destroyed

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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