# Incident 19790129003629I: Blanca 1730A, Des Moines, IA, January 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1979, 15:25 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9759E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9759E-2014-12-29) (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: 750 total, 4 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/19790129003629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. BRAKES WERE FROZEN FROM PREVIOUS USE AND ICE.

## Other reports on N9759E (2)

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

- [Accident 20140427006659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140427006659A), Apr 27, 2014: Bellanca 17-30A (N9759E), Sweetwater, TX, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. On April 27, 2014, at 1535 CDT, a 1974 Bellanca BL-17-30A aircraft bearing registration number N9759E, registered to a private owner, struck trees while…
- [Incident 19920725034279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920725034279I), Jul 25, 1992: Blanca 1730A (N9759E), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion on a crosscountry flight. Forced landing in field short of airport. Did not visually check 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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