# Incident 19870623037499I: Blanca 1730A, San Angelo, TX, June 23, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1987, 08:02 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Airport: Mathis Field
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14782, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14782) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870623037499I

## Narrative

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

OIL NOTED FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DIVERTED, ON FINAL OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO. CRANKSHAFT CRACKED.

## Other reports on N14782 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780122004219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780122004219I), Jan 22, 1978: Blanca 1730 (N14782), Jackson, TN, Minor damage. Hard landing resulted in bent landing gear fork, bent gear legs and tire cuts.

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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