# Accident 19741208043079A: Blanca 1730, Portland, OR, December 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1974
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4876V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4876V) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 468 total, 0 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75FYC26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75FYC26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741208043079A

## Narrative

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

DISTRACTED BY OTR ACFT.

## 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 SEA75FYC26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75FYC26), Dec 8, 1974: Bellanca 17-30 (N4876V), Portland, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4876V (1)

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

- [Incident 19940110000289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940110000289I), Jan 10, 1994: Blanca 1730 (N4876V), Silver Springs, NV, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot entered at left downwind for landing, slowed to 100 KIAS and selected landing gear down. Pilot and passenger observed 3 green, gear safe…

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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