# Accident 19741004036839A: Blanca 14193A, Vail, CO, October 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1974
- Place: Vail, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 39.6378° N, 106.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vail, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6378&lon=-106.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8538R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8538R-1974-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-3A (registry code 1250013, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14193A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 130 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75AD018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741004036839A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED AT 12300FT.MTS OBSCRD BY CLOUDS.RECOVERY DATE 10/6/74.

## 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 DEN75AD018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD018), Oct 4, 1974: Bellanca 14-19 (N8538R), Vail, CO, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.