# Accident 19800212003409A: Blanca 1730A, Morrisville, NC, February 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 1980, 20:12 local time
- Place: Morrisville, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28027, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28027-2012-10-18) (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: 3,804 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800212003409A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY ON PRACTICE ADF. NO USABLE FUEL IN SELECTED TANK. PILOT HAD DRUGS, ALCOHOL IN SYSTEM.

## 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 IAD80FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA023), Feb 12, 1980: Bellanca 17-30A (N28027), Morrisville, NC, destroyed, 2 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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