# Accident 19750208001469A: Blanca 1730A, Freer, TX, February 8, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1975
- Place: Freer, TX
- Airport: Freer Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 27.8822° N, 98.6174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freer, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8822&lon=-98.6174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1298R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1298R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 13 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75FRG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRG55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750208001469A

## Narrative

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

OIL FILLER DOOR CAME OPEN.PLT ABORTED & LOST CTL.DMGD LDG GR.

## 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 FTW75FRG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRG55), Feb 8, 1975: Bellanca 17-30A (N1298R), Freer, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1298R (1)

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

- [Incident 20060108000359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060108000359I), Jan 8, 2006: Blanca 1730A (N1298R), Medford, OR, Minor damage. (-23) On January 8, 2006, during a local flight in the vicinity of the Medford Oregon airport, the pilot of a Bellanca super viking N1298R noticed the gear…

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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