# Accident 19780819025029A: Blanca 1730A, Pensacola, FL, August 19, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1978
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Coastal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 30.5319° N, 87.3853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Coastal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5319&lon=-87.3853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39842, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39842-2014-10-06) (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: 3,400 total, 28 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FKJ78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKJ78-140151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780819025029A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA78FKJ78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKJ78-140151), Aug 19, 1978: Bellanca 300 (N39842), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage

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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