# Accident 19871006058839A: Blanca 1730A, Newport, VT, October 6, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1987, 08:00 local time
- Place: Newport, VT
- Airport: Newport State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8882° N, 72.2286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8882&lon=-72.2286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39857, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39857-2015-04-30) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 331 total, 331 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871006058839A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. CRASH LANDED OFF END OF RUNWAY. LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER IN FUEL. FUEL CAPS WERE LOOSE FIT.

## 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 NYC88LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA002), Oct 6, 1987: Bellanca 17-30A (N39857), Newport, VT, destroyed

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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