# Accident 19810106000469A: Blanca 1730A, Iraan, TX, January 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1981, 06:42 local time
- Place: Iraan, TX
- Airport: Iraan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9062° N, 101.8898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IRAAN MUNI (2F0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9062&lon=-101.8898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6606V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6606V-1981-03-27) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total, 38 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810106000469A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DEPARTED IN DARKNESS. LOST CONTROL ON CLIMBOUT. FOG-BANKS IN AREA. FEW GROUND LIGHTS.

## 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 FTW81FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA021), Jan 6, 1981: Bellanca 17-30A (N6606V), Iraan, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N6606V (1)

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

- [Accident 19780308003709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780308003709A), Mar 8, 1978: Blanca 14193 (N6606V), Plainview, 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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