# Accident 19730731026019A: Blanca 14193, Kansas City, MO, July 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1973
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1259R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1259R-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-3A (registry code 1250013, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14193
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 55 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AKO03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AKO03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730731026019A

## Narrative

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

OIL ON WINDSHIELD.OIL CAP UNFASTENED AT TKOF.ACFT HEAVY.STALLED DOWNWIND.

## 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 MKC74AKO03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AKO03), Jul 31, 1973: Bellanca 14-19 (N1259R), Kansas City, MO, 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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