# Accident 19790607026889A: Blanca 7AC, Stormville, NY, June 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Stormville, NY
- Airport: Stormville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5770° N, 73.7324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STORMVILLE (N69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5770&lon=-73.7324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3281E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3281E-1982-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 294 total, 5 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FHM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHM20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790607026889A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT TREES AFTER TAKEOFF. WITNESS HEARD ROUGH ENG. ACFT STALLED IN TREES. BURNED. POSSIBLE WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 NYC79FHM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHM20), Jun 7, 1979: Aeronca 7AC (N3281E), Stormville, NY, 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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