# Incident 19821203068379I: Blanca 1730A, Page, AZ, December 3, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1982, 21:08 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9147° N, 111.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Page, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9147&lon=-111.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93495, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93495-2013-07-01) (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: 240 total, 210 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821203068379I

## Narrative

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

NOISE IN ENGINE SMOKE IN COCKPIT. LOST CONTROL AND RECOVERED. LANDED SHORT. EXHAUST TAIL PIPE BROKE. FIRE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N93495 (1)

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

- [Accident 19861102082239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861102082239A), Nov 2, 1986: Blanca 1730A (N93495), Flagstaff, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. VFR pilot tried to follow I40 into rising terrain at night in near zero IMC. Lost control and impacted the ground.

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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