# Accident 19730918035941A: Blanca 1730A, Lake Elmo, MN, September 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1973
- Place: Lake Elmo, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Location: 44.9972° N, 92.8537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ELMO (21D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9972&lon=-92.8537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8286R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8286R-1975-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,737 total, 150 in this make and model, 332 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DER15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730918035941A

## Narrative

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

BOTH PLTS HAD THEIR ATTN DIVERTED TO BFR TKOF CK DID NOT REALIZE ACFT MOVED AND CTCTD N8701M.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8701M, Beech 23BEECH: [Accident 19730918035942A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730918035942A)

## 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 MKC74DER15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER15), Sep 18, 1973: Bellanca 17-30A (N8286R), Lake Elmo, MN, substantial damage

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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