# Accident 19800920041959A: Blanca 1730A, Pottstown, PA, September 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Pottstown Limeric
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2509° N, 75.6448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2509&lon=-75.6448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8863V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8863V-2013-03-11) (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: 1,554 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80DHA32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DHA32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800920041959A

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN CRAB. MADE GO-AROUND. LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON NEXT LANDING ROLL. APPARENT SIDE LOAD FACTOR.

## 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 NYC80DHA32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DHA32), Sep 20, 1980: Bellanca 17-30 (N8863V), Pottstown, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8863V (2)

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

- [Accident 19850312009769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850312009769A), Mar 12, 1985: Blanca 1730A (N8863V), Marshall, MN, Destroyed. Struck 10 foot high trees after takeoff from gravel taxiway. Gear collpased during precautionary landing in a field
- [Incident 19820310014889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820310014889I), Mar 10, 1982: Blanca 1730A (N8863V), Greensburg, KY, Minor damage. Low on fuel, pilot made emergency landing into an open field.

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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