# Accident 19790704019319A: Blanca 7AC, Eveleth, MN, July 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Eveleth, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4758° N, 92.5476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eveleth, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4758&lon=-92.5476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84906, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84906-1982-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,098 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790704019319A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE A STEEP U-TURN THEN NOSE DIVE INTO THE GROUND. FACTORS: NO PILOT CERTIFICATE. LOSS OF CTL

## 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 MKC79FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA038), Jul 4, 1979: Aeronca 7AC (N84906), Eveleth, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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