# Accident 19770523021839A: Blanca 1730A, Brightwood, OR, May 23, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1977
- Place: Brightwood, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 45.3762° N, 122.0167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brightwood, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3762&lon=-122.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8866V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8866V-1982-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,185 total, 152 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK77X0105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK77X0105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770523021839A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 UNK77X0105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK77X0105), May 23, 1977: Bellanca 17-30A (N8866V), Brightwood, OR, destroyed, 1 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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