# Accident 19731118037029A: Blanca 1730, Los Banos, CA, November 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1973
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Airport: Los Banos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 37.0639° N, 120.8699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS BANOS MUNI (LSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0639&lon=-120.8699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4936V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4936V-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 184 total, 10 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVA34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731118037029A

## Narrative

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

HIT WIRES.FUEL SELECTOR FOUND ON EMPTY TANK.

## 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 OAK74FVA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVA34), Nov 18, 1973: Bellanca 17-30 (N4936V), Los Banos, CA, 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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