# Accident 19861102082239A: Blanca 1730A, Flagstaff, AZ, November 2, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1986, 18:46 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Pulliam
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2303° N, 111.7191° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2303&lon=-111.7191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93495, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93495-2013-07-01) (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: 605 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX87FA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861102082239A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT TRIED TO FOLLOW I40 INTO RISING TERRAIN AT NIGHT IN NEAR ZERO IMC. LOST CONTROL AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 LAX87FA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA200), Nov 3, 1986: Bellanca 17-30A (N93495), Flagstaff, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N93495 (1)

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

- [Incident 19821203068379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821203068379I), Dec 3, 1982: Blanca 1730A (N93495), Page, AZ, Minor damage. Noise in engine smoke in cockpit. Lost control and recovered. Landed short. Exhaust tail pipe broke. Fire 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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