# Incident 19780128004079I: Blanca 1730, Ponte Vedra, FL, January 28, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1978, 15:08 local time
- Place: Ponte Vedra, FL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2275° N, 81.3801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ponte Vedra, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2275&lon=-81.3801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7391V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7391V-2016-12-12) (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: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780128004079I

## Narrative

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

NON RATED PILOT DEPARTED IN INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS, WITHOUT ATC CLEARANCE. RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## Other reports on N7391V (1)

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

- [Incident 19830917063779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917063779I), Sep 17, 1983: Blanca 1730 (N7391V), Cannon City, CO, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Investigation regarding possible landing gear malfunction.

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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