# Incident 19820710039059I: Blanca 1731A, Garden City, KS, July 10, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1982, 10:45 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9759° N, 100.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garden City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9759&lon=-100.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6575V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6575V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731A
- Reported engine: LYC IO540G1E5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 238 total, 44 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820710039059I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LET TANK RUN DRY, KEPT SWITCHING TANKS, FAILED TO WAIT FOR FUEL PICKUP. NO HANDBOOK PROCEDURE FOR DRY TANK.

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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