# Accident 19810506023039A: Blanca 1731ATC, Santa Monica, CA, May 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1981, 15:50 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0109° N, 118.4982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Monica, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0109&lon=-118.4982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1281R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731ATC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,905 total, 14 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUD01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810506023039A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER, UNABLE TO MAKE AIRPORT. DITCHED IN OCEAN NEAR SHORE. SURF DEMOLISHED AIRPLANE. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## 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 LAX81FUD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUD01), May 6, 1981: Bellanca 17-31 (N1281R), Santa Monica, CA, destroyed

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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