# Accident 19790708016829A: Blanca 7AC, Spring Lake, MI, July 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1979, 18:57 local time
- Place: Spring Lake, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0735° N, 86.1941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring Lake, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0735&lon=-86.1941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85092 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 95 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEM27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708016829A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE LOW PASS OVER LAKE NEAR RESIDENCE. LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. AIRCRAFT HIT WATER.

## 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 CHI79FEM27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM27), Jul 8, 1979: Aeronca 7AC (N85092), Spring Lake, MI, substantial damage

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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