# Accident 19750411008379A: Blanca 1730A, Mackinac Is, MI, April 11, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1975
- Place: Mackinac Is, MI
- Airport: Mackinac Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 45.8650° N, 84.6371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACKINAC ISLAND (MCD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8650&lon=-84.6371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8259R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8259R-2018-03-16) (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: 104 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEM36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEM36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750411008379A

## Narrative

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

GR COLLAPSED.

## 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 CHI75FEM36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEM36), Apr 11, 1975: Bellanca 17-30A (N8259R), Mackinac Is, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8259R (1)

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

- [Accident 20140405005369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140405005369A), Apr 5, 2014: Bellanca 17-30A (N8259R), Lee, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. 1. Aircraft was in radio contact with ATC about 12 miles from the uni airport when changed over to UNICOM. 2. Radar contact was lost as aircraft entered what…

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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