# Accident 19801221075979A: Blanca 1730A, El Paso, TX, December 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1980, 08:30 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4087B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4087B-1994-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 2,600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQD12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801221075979A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. CRASH-LANDED IN DESERT. FOUND LOWPRESSURE ON ENGINE-DRIVEN FUEL PUMP

## 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 FTW81DQD12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD12), Dec 21, 1980: Bellanca 17-30A (N4087B), El Paso, TX, substantial damage

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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