# Accident 19760115003309A: Blanca 1730, Orofino, ID, January 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1976
- Place: Orofino, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 46.4849° N, 116.2530° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orofino, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4849&lon=-116.2530&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7385V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7385V-1976-05-26) (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: 3,964 total, 101 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76AS034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760115003309A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA AT 5700FT.NORTH OF PROPOSED RTE,FND UNDER V-187.RCVRD 7/10/76.

## 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 SEA76AS034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS034), Jan 15, 1976: Bellanca 17-30 (N7385V), Orofino, ID, destroyed, 3 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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