# Accident 19800201001579A: Blanca 1730A, Greenville, OH, February 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1980, 02:00 local time
- Place: Greenville, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1041° N, 84.6213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1041&lon=-84.6213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93650, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93650-2018-01-30) (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: 369 total, 87 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DEG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEG08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800201001579A

## Narrative

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

PROCEEDED VFR AT NIGHT WITHOUT VACUUM SYSTEM & STICKING COMPASS. RAN INTO ADVERSE WX, BECAME LOST. CRASH LANDED.

## 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 CHI80DEG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEG08), Feb 1, 1980: Bellanca 17-30A (N93650), Greenville, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N93650 (1)

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

- [Accident 20110608015909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110608015909A), Jun 8, 2011: Bellanca 17-30A (N93650), Edgewood, TX, Destroyed. On June 6 2011, about 0810 central daylight time, a Bellanca 17-30A, N93650, s/n 74-30658 departed on runway 13 at thompson field (1TA7) Edgewood, TX with a…

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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