# Incident 19790428100719I: Blanca 7GCBC, Kutztown, PA, April 28, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Kutztown, PA
- Airport: Kutztown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5033° N, 75.7858° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Kutztown Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5033&lon=-75.7858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57472, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57472) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCBC (registry code 1220601, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCBC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,615 total, 1,330 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/19790428100719I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF ON LANDING.AN OLD CRACK WAS DISCOVERED.

## Other reports on N57472 (2)

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

- [Accident 19920712024819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920712024819A), Jul 12, 1992: Bbavia 7GCBC (N57472), Bally, PA, Destroyed. Early airborne on a runway mound during takeoff drifted nose high off runway and impacted tree.
- [Incident 19810801058479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810801058479I), Aug 1, 1981: Bbavia 7GCBC (N57472), Kutztown, PA, Minor damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to noseover on touchdown.

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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