# Incident 19830211023209I: Blanca 1730A, Indianapolis, IN, February 11, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1983, 18:30 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Mount Comfort
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14740, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14740) (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: 600 total, 7 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830211023209I

## Narrative

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

#5 CLYINDER CONNECTING ROD FAILED TO LEVEL FLIGHT. UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT TYPE OF FAILURE. .

## Other reports on N14740 (1)

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

- [Incident 19871230079939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871230079939I), Dec 30, 1987: Blanca 1730A (N14740), Hollywood, FL. Engine failure on initial climb. Set down on same runway. Left exhaust pipe broken. Heat melted wire to magneto.

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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