# Incident 19781211024739I: Blanca 1730, Englewood, CO, December 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1978, 12:25 local time
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6908° N, 105.5047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARAPAHOE (CD19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6908&lon=-105.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7321V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7321V-2020-01-06) (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 1730
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 50 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/19781211024739I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON ICY RUNWAY. LEFT MAIN FAILED AFTER HITTING A SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N7321V (1)

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

- [Accident 19810128001999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810128001999A), Jan 28, 1981: Blanca 1730 (N7321V), Crosbyton, TX, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route. Crash-landed in brush covered area. Found sump drain seal leaking fuel.

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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