# Incident 19800905069119I: Blanca 1730A, East Tawas, MI, September 5, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1980, 21:00 local time
- Place: East Tawas, MI
- Airport: Iosco Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3128° N, 83.4223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IOSCO COUNTY (6D9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3128&lon=-83.4223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8253R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8253R) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,094 total, 300 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/19800905069119I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK A DEER ON THE RUNWAY DURING A NIGHT LANDING.

## Other reports on N8253R (1)

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

- [Incident 19920813034779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920813034779I), Aug 13, 1992: Blanca 1730A (N8253R), Jackson, TN, Minor damage. Unsafe gear indication. Nose gear collapsed on rollout.

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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