# Accident 19780728025629A: Blanca 1730A, Ocoee, FL, July 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1978
- Place: Ocoee, FL
- Airport: Maguire
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 28.5788° N, 81.5330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocoee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5788&lon=-81.5330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8838V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8838V-2012-11-15) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 67 total, 1 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FLD67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD67) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728025629A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OVERWEIGHT BY 135.8LBS & OUT OF BALANCE TO THE REAR OF AFT C

## 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 MIA78FLD67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD67), Jul 28, 1978: Cessna 172 (N8838V), Ocoee, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N8838V (1)

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

- [Accident 19830618025509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830618025509A), Jun 18, 1983: Blanca 1730A (N8838V), Ducor, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed into 2412 foot mountain at the 1900 foot level. Pilot was on photographic mission.

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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