# Accident 19730424010329A: Blanca 1730A, Freidens, PA, April 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1973
- Place: Freidens, PA
- Airport: Somerset County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.0385° N, 79.0153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOMERSET COUNTY (2G9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0385&lon=-79.0153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39880, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39880) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 56 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73FGM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FGM29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730424010329A

## Narrative

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

ACFT VEERED L INTO AN AREA OF CUT TREE LIMBS AND HEAVY BRUSH.

## 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 NYC73FGM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FGM29), Apr 24, 1973: Bellanca 17-30A (N39880), Freidens, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N39880 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20220616010469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220616010469A), Jun 16, 2022: Bellanca 17-30A (N39880), Madison, MS, Destroyed. 6-16-2022; Part 91 flight: reported smoke in the cabin just after departure. Pilot executed a quick return to the opposite runway; an uneventful landing.…

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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