# Accident 19790810023009A: Blanca 7ECA, Social Circle, GA, August 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Social Circle, GA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6461° N, 83.7128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Social Circle, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6461&lon=-83.7128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2550F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2550F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7ECA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 191 total, 33 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKG59) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790810023009A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF FROM PRIVATE STRIP. REPORTED SUDDEN TAIL WIND CAME UP ON TAKEOFF. HIT WIRES AND TREES ON CLIMB.

## 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 MIA79FKG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKG59), Aug 10, 1979: Champion 7ECA (N2550F), Social Circle, GA, 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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