# Accident 19740310043949A: Blanca 1731A, Upper Marlboro, MD, March 10, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1974
- Place: Upper Marlboro, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.8157° N, 76.7568° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Upper Marlboro, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8157&lon=-76.7568&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39824 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 126 total, 11 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740310043949A

## Narrative

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

FSS ADZD VFR FLT NOT RCMDD.ARTCC ADZD RETURN TO NEW BERN.ERRATIC COURSES.DEPD MIA ABT 1500,3/9.

## 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 IAD74AI052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI052), Mar 10, 1974: Bellanca 17-31A (N39824), Upper Marlboro, MD, destroyed, 1 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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