# Accident 19831202074669A: Blanca 1730A, Hebronville, TX, December 2, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1983, 18:36 local time
- Place: Hebronville, TX
- Airport: Jim Hogg Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3099° N, 98.6791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3099&lon=-98.6791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4097B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4097B-2013-04-17) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 293 total, 257 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW84FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831202074669A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED SIGHTING DESTINATION AIRPORT IN AREA OF NEAR ZERO FOG. LOST AIRPORT AND LOW ON FUEL. LOST CONTROL. CRASHED

## 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 FTW84FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA083), Dec 3, 1983: Bellanca 17-30A (N4097B), Hebbronville, TX, destroyed, 2 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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