# Accident 19840506065329A: Blanca 1730A, Painter, VA, May 6, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1984, 21:30 local time
- Place: Painter, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5852° N, 75.7838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Painter, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5852&lon=-75.7838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11JJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11JJ-1990-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 202 total, 0 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL84FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840506065329A

## Narrative

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

MADE APPROACH TO FLOOD LIGHTS ON A RESIDENCE INSTEAD OF AIRPORT BY MISTAKE. TRIED TO GOAROUND AND STRUCK TREES.

## 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 ATL84FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA164), May 7, 1984: Bellanca 17-30A (N11JJ), Painter, VA, destroyed

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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