# Accident 19790909030399A: Blanca 1730A, Hanover, PA, September 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1979, 14:20 local time
- Place: Hanover, PA
- Airport: Devener
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8290° N, 76.9696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Devener Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8290&lon=-76.9696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102CB-2013-07-15) (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: 978 total, 30 in this make and model, 228 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790909030399A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TRIED TO SLOW ROLL AIRCRAFT AT A LOW ALTITUDE. DOVE VERTICALLY TO GROUND FROM INVERTED ATTITUDE.

## 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 NYC79FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA092), Sep 9, 1979: Bellanca 17-30A (N102CB), Hanover, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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