# Accident 19760117000939A: Blanca 1730, Chicago, IL, January 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1976
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4850V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4850V-2015-05-19) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,001 total, 57 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEE37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEE37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760117000939A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT N20774, SUBSTANTIAL DMG.

## 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 CHI76FEE37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEE37), Jan 17, 1976: Bellanca 17-30 (N4850V), Chicago, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4850V (1)

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

- [Accident 19780610017829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780610017829A), Jun 10, 1978: Blanca 14193 (N4850V), Plainwell, MI, Substantial damage. PIC claimed winds were 240 degrees at 8K.20 miles south winds WER0 degrees at 12K.

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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