# Accident 19790304019489A: Blanca 1731ATC, Munster, IN, March 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1979, 14:50 local time
- Place: Munster, IN
- Airport: Lansing
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5471° N, 87.5041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Munster, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5471&lon=-87.5041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76TV-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731ATC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,945 total, 61 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FET19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FET19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790304019489A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF ACFT TURNING BASE LEG FOR LANDING. HIT GROUND OFF AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI79FET19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FET19), Mar 4, 1979: Bellanca 17-31A (N76TV), Munster, IN, destroyed

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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