# Incident 19780627035539I: Blanca 1730A, Oshkosh, WI, June 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1978, 22:10 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0232° N, 88.5623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oshkosh, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0232&lon=-88.5623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39821, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39821-2017-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 125 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/19780627035539I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN CABIN, THEN ALTERNATOR CB POPPED. OVERVOLTAGE LIGHT INOP, OVERVOLTAGE CONDITION BURNED WIRES.

## Other reports on N39821 (1)

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

- [Accident 20050521008339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050521008339A), May 21, 2005: Blanca 1730A (N39821), Houston, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On 5/21/2005 at 1035PM aircraft departed crp corpus christi, TX for VFR flight to iws Houston, TX. At 2350 hrs 05/21/2005 less than one mile north of iws…

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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