# Accident 19770129008729A: Blanca 1730, Point Pleasant, WV, January 29, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1977
- Place: Point Pleasant, WV
- Airport: Mason Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 38.9146° N, 82.0986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON COUNTY (3I2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9146&lon=-82.0986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4862V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4862V-2010-06-23) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,763 total, 376 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FIJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FIJ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770129008729A

## Narrative

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

USE OF AUX PUMP NECESSARY WHEN SWITCHING FRM MAIN TO AUX WHEN AUX LESS THAN 1/2 FULL.

## 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 IAD77FIJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FIJ04), Jan 29, 1977: Bellanca 17-30 (N4862V), Point Pleasant, WV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4862V (1)

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

- [Accident 19790430011139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790430011139A), Apr 30, 1979: Blanca 1730 (N4862V), Quinten, VA, Substantial damage. Engine began to run rough enroute at night vectored to airport. Engine stopped in pattern. Overshot runway..

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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