# Accident 19730127002069A: Blanca 14193, Dover, DE, January 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1973
- Place: Dover, DE
- Airport: Delaware Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.2187° N, 75.6005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAWARE AIRPARK (33N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2187&lon=-75.6005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8296R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8296R-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14193
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730127002069A

## Narrative

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

LOST CTL IN KNOWN IFR COND FOR UNDET REASON.REPT CLIMBING TO 15500.B-707 IN VICINITY,IFR,13000 FT.

## 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 NYC73AN106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN106), Jan 27, 1973: Bellanca 17-31A (N8296R), Dover, DE, 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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