# Accident 19790903035839A: Blanca 7AC, Edinboro, PA, September 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1979, 16:45 local time
- Place: Edinboro, PA
- Airport: Franklin Center
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9209° N, 80.2498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Franklin Center Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9209&lon=-80.2498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83122, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83122-2019-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 12 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790903035839A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES HEARD ENGINE SPUTTER, SAW AIRCRAFT SPIN. LOW FUEL POSSIBLY CAUSED ENGINE TO SPUTTER ON STEEP PULL-UP.

## 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 NYC79FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA088), Sep 3, 1979: Aeronca 7AC (N83122), Edinboro, PA, destroyed, 1 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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