# Accident 19820425010889A: Blanca 1730A, Lucerne, CA, April 25, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1982, 15:45 local time
- Place: Lucerne, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0604° N, 122.7682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lucerne, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0604&lon=-122.7682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93747, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93747-2015-04-09) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 30 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DUG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820425010889A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE POWER LOSS DUE TO THROTTLE LINKAGE BOLT FALLING OUT OF CARBURETOR ARM. FORCED LANDING IN SAND.

## 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 LAX82DUG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUG11), Apr 25, 1982: Bellanca 300A (N93747), Lucerne, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N93747 (3)

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

- [Accident 20130216002149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130216002149A), Feb 16, 2013: Bellanca 17-30A (N93747), Morris, IL, Substantial damage. During an extended downwind to base turn, the aircraft experienced a loss of engine power and executed an emergency landing on a major road. The right wing…
- [Incident 20060524013269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060524013269I), May 24, 2006: Blanca 1730A (N93747), Redding, CA. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] ^ reported practicing full stop landings at red bluff, California (rbl). On one of the landings, the pilot [privacy data…
- [Incident 19821020066329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821020066329I), Oct 20, 1982: Blanca 1730A (N93747), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. On rollout pilot induced a ground loop causing right main gear to be ripped off.

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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