# Accident 19810514027169A: Blanca 1730, Chacon, NM, May 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1981, 17:45 local time
- Place: Chacon, NM
- Airport: Chacon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1442° N, 105.3678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chacon, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1442&lon=-105.3678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7396V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7396V-1982-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 438 total, 362 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQA31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810514027169A

## Narrative

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

HIGH, BEGAN GO-AROUND, HIT FENCE, WIRES, CRASHED INVERTED. FALED TO ACCOUNT FOR DENSITY ALTITUDE. RISING TERRAIN.

## 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 FTW81FQA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQA31), May 14, 1981: Bellanca 17-30 (N7396V), Chacon, NM, 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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