# Accident 19840527019149A: Blanca 1730, Santa Ana, CA, May 27, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1984, 15:45 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4772V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4772V-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 8 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA317) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840527019149A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON ROUGH GROUND SEVERED LANDING GEAR. BOOST PUMP DEFECT.

## 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 LAX84LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA317), May 27, 1984: Bellanca 17-30 (N4772V), Irvine, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4772V (1)

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

- [Accident 19760410009299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760410009299A), Apr 10, 1976: Blanca 1730 (N4772V), Laughlin, NV, Substantial damage. Ran tank dry

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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