# Accident 19740507016529A: Blanca 1731A, Huntsville, AL, May 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1974
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Madison Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6585V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6585V-2012-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKJ54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740507016529A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHT.

## 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 MIA74DKJ54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKJ54), May 7, 1974: Bellanca 17-31A (N6585V), Huntsville, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6585V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730725019439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730725019439A), Jul 25, 1973: Blanca 1731A (N6585V), Courtland, AL, Substantial damage. Cruise flt switched fuel tanks eng quit. Drg forced ldg apch regained pwr hit tree drg clb out.

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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