# Accident 19830911049189A: Blanca 1731ATC, Provincetown, MA, September 11, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1983
- Place: Provincetown, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0597° N, 70.1705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Provincetown, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0597&lon=-70.1705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28077, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28077-2012-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731ATC
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1E5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 408 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830911049189A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS. BECAME MISSING. PORTIONS OF WRECKAGE FOUND IN NEARBY BAY.

## 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 NYC83FA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA254), Sep 11, 1983: Bellanca 17-31ATC (N28077), Provincetown, MA, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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