# Accident 19780610017829A: Blanca 14193, Plainwell, MI, June 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1978
- Place: Plainwell, MI
- Airport: Otsego-Plainwell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.4473° N, 85.6413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainwell, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4473&lon=-85.6413&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 14193
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 132 total, 94 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEM20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780610017829A

## Narrative

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

PIC CLAIMED WINDS WERE 240 DEGREES AT 8K.20 MILES SOUTH WINDS WER0 DEGREES AT 12K.

## 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 CHI78FEM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEM20), Jun 10, 1978: Bellanca 17-30 (N4850V), Plainwell, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4850V (1)

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

- [Accident 19760117000939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760117000939A), Jan 17, 1976: Blanca 1730 (N4850V), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Acft hit N20774, substantial dmg.

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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