# Accident 19791026029179A: Blanca 7GCAA, Archer, FL, October 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1979, 11:15 local time
- Place: Archer, FL
- Airport: Flying Ten
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6194° N, 82.5087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING TEN (0J8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6194&lon=-82.5087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2515Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2515Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7GCAA (registry code 1220501, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcaa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 7GCAA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 606 total, 36 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791026029179A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HIT A TREE WHILE MAKING HIS APPROACH TO PICK UP AN ADVERTISING BANNER.

## 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 MIA80DLA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLA06), Oct 26, 1979: Bellanca 7GCAA (N2515Z), Archer, FL, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.