# Incident 19780219007629I: Blanca 1731A, Greenville, PA, February 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1978, 15:30 local time
- Place: Greenville, PA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4051° N, 80.3838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4051&lon=-80.3838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8265R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8265R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 726 total, 243 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/19780219007629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MAKING A DOWNWIND PRECACAUTIONARY LANDING, SMELLED ELECTRICAL SMOKE. HIT SNOWBANK ON GO AROUND.

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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