# Accident 19730816024019A: Blanca 1730A, Ridgecrest, CA, August 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1973
- Place: Ridgecrest, CA
- Airport: China Lake Nas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 35.6285° N, 117.6640° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ridgecrest, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6285&lon=-117.6640&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8832V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8832V-2022-05-09) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,071 total, 2 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUQ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730816024019A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX74FUQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUQ12), Aug 16, 1973: Bellanca 17-30A (N8832V), Ridgecrest, CA, destroyed

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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