# Accident 19790914029929A: Blanca 7GC, Cooper Landing, AK, September 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1979, 18:20 local time
- Place: Cooper Landing, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4900° N, 149.8342° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cooper Landing, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4900&lon=-149.8342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7676E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7676E-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7GC (registry code 21101N2, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7gc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790914029929A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CIRCLING NEAR HUNTERS. HIT DOWNDRAFT AND FLEW INTO TREES.

## 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 ANC79FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA092), Sep 14, 1979: Bellanca 7GC (N7676E), Cooper Landing, AK, substantial damage, 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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