# Accident 19790624023579A: Blanca 1730A, Fall River Mill, CA, June 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fall River Mill, CA
- Airport: Fall River Mills
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0174° N, 121.4350° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALL RIVER MILLS (O89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0174&lon=-121.4350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4159B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4159B-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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DV960](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DV960) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790624023579A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RUNWAY AND GROUND-LOOPED.

## 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 OAK79DV960](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DV960), Jun 24, 1979: Bellanca 17-30A (N4159B), Fall River Mil, CA, 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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