# Accident 19730130002739A: Blanca 14193, Aurora, CO, January 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1973
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7294&lon=-104.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39860, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39860-1973-06-26) (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: 64 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73AD034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730130002739A

## Narrative

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

HIT GRND R WG FIRST IN HI SPEED ROLLING TYPE MANEUVER. RECOVERED 1/31/73.

## 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 DEN73AD034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD034), Jan 30, 1973: Bellanca 17-31A (N39860), Aurora, CO, destroyed, 2 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.

---
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.