# Incident 19820310014889I: Blanca 1730A, Greensburg, KY, March 10, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1982, 16:30 local time
- Place: Greensburg, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2595° N, 85.4934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensburg, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2595&lon=-85.4934&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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,450 total, 1,154 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820310014889I

## Narrative

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

LOW ON FUEL, PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING INTO AN OPEN FIELD.

## 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
- [Accident 19800920041959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800920041959A), Sep 20, 1980: Blanca 1730A (N8863V), Pottstown, PA, Substantial damage. Landed in crab. Made go-around. Landing gear collapsed on next landing roll. Apparent side load factor.

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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