# Accident 19730715025949A: Blanca CH300PACEM, Pinetops, NC, July 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1973
- Place: Pinetops, NC
- Airport: Pinetops-Hedgepth
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 35.7911° N, 77.6378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pinetops, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7911&lon=-77.6378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8867V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8867V-1973-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA CH300PACEM
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730715025949A

## Narrative

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

ACFT SLIPPED,LOST ALT IN LOW LEVEL VERTICLE BANK.

## 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 NYC74AN007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN007), Jul 15, 1973: Bellanca 17-30A (N8867V), Pinetops, NC, destroyed, 4 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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