# Accident 19790824021949A: Blanca 7KCAB, Ormond Beach, FL, August 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2858° N, 81.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ormond Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2858&lon=-81.0559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53753, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53753) (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 7KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 894 total, 384 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLA46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790824021949A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED WHILE PICKING UP AN ADVERTISING BANNER. NO WITNESSES TO ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA79FLA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLA46), Aug 24, 1979: Bellanca 7GCBC (N53753), Ormond Beach, FL, destroyed

## Other reports on N53753 (1)

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

- [Incident 20140801016479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140801016479I), Aug 1, 2014: Bellanca 7GCBC (N53753), Chamberlain, SD, Minor damage. On August 1, 2014 approximately 11:15AM CDT a student pilot was attempting to land the aircraft on runway 31 and started to veer off the runway. The flight…

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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