# Incident 19790429025309I: Blanca 1730A, Grant Park, IL, April 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Grant Park, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2427° N, 87.6358° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grant Park, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2427&lon=-87.6358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6599V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6599V-1988-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 149 total, 45 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/19790429025309I

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT DESCENDED INTO AN OVERCAST, LOST CONTROL, REGAINED IT AT 400 FEET, LANDED ON ROAD. GROUND LOOPED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.