# Accident 19850330076199A: Blanca 1730A, Roanoke, VA, March 30, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1985, 20:02 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Municipal Woodrum
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2964° N, 79.9349° 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=37.2964&lon=-79.9349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8233R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8233R-1991-08-09) (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: 1,018 total, 180 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO85FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850330076199A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET AN AIR START ON ENGINE AFTER RUNNING A TANK DRY.  STRUCK A TRUCK DURING FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY.

## 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 BFO85FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85FA032), Mar 31, 1985: Bellanca 17-30A (N8233R), Roanoke, VA, 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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