# Accident 19840517017289A: Blanca 1730, Plainview, TX, May 17, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1984, 14:15 local time
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Airport: Hale Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1253° N, 101.7255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1253&lon=-101.7255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7393V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7393V-1984-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,192 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW84LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840517017289A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED DURING MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT AFTER ENGINE QUIT FROM FUEL STARVATION.

## 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 FTW84LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA235), May 17, 1984: Bellanca 17-30 (N7393V), Plainview, TX, substantial damage

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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