# Accident 19740813025979A: Blanca 1730A, Shidler, OK, August 13, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1974
- Place: Shidler, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.7810° N, 96.6594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shidler, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7810&lon=-96.6594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39830, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39830-1991-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 243 total, 185 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75FPM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FPM01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740813025979A

## Narrative

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

REDUCED PWR IN FLT TO DESCND.ACFT DSCND INTO GRND WHEN PLT LOOKED AT MAPS. DRK NITE.

## 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 FTW75FPM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FPM01), Aug 13, 1974: Bellanca 17-30A (N39830), Shidler, OK, 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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