# Accident 19830618025509A: Blanca 1730A, Ducor, CA, June 18, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1983, 07:00 local time
- Place: Ducor, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8609° N, 118.9904° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8609&lon=-118.9904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8838V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8838V-2012-11-15) (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 IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,765 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830618025509A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO 2412 FOOT MOUNTAIN AT THE 1900 FOOT LEVEL. PILOT WAS ON PHOTOGRAPHIC MISSION.

## 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 LAX83LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA291), Jun 18, 1983: Bellanca 17-31A (N8838V), Ducor, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N8838V (1)

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

- [Accident 19780728025629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728025629A), Jul 28, 1978: Blanca 1730A (N8838V), Ocoee, FL, Destroyed. Acft overweight by 135.8LBS & out of balance to the rear of aft c

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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