# Incident 19870417023989I: Blanca 1730A, San Diego, CA, April 17, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1987, 22:45 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8263R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8263R-2001-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 20 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870417023989I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND RESULTANT RADIO PROBLEMS DURING AN IFR APPROACH.  ATC AFFORDED SPECIAL HANDLING.

## Other reports on N8263R (2)

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

- [Accident 20000713009419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000713009419A), Jul 13, 2000: Blanca 1730A (N8263R), Houston, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On 7/13/00, approx. 2140 CDT, a Bellanca BL-17-30A (single engine airplane) N8263R, was destroyed when it impacted trees and terrain during a night…
- [Incident 19910922046689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910922046689I), Sep 22, 1991: Blanca 1730A (N8263R), Grand Canyon, AZ, Minor damage. Almost landed gear up. Go around made as aircraft touched the runway. Landed safely on second try.

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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