# Accident 19750312042889A: Blanca 1730, Mena, AR, March 12, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1975
- Place: Mena, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.5826° N, 94.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mena, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5826&lon=-94.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4930V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4930V-1976-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,640 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750312042889A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN SLOPE.RECOVERY DATE 3/15/75.

## 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 FTW75AF058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF058), Mar 12, 1975: Bellanca 17-30 (N4930V), Mena, AR, destroyed, 4 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.

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