# Accident 19880724027569A: Blanca 1730A, Daytona Beach, FL, July 24, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1988, 14:10 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28140, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28140-2015-05-20) (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: 1,907 total, 1,462 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880724027569A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SEIZED AFTER TAKEOFF. CRASHED IN TREES. ENGINE OIL AIR BREATHER KIT INSTALLED BACKWARD. LEAK UNSEEN BY PILOT

## 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 MIA88FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA234), Jul 24, 1988: Bellanca 17-30A (N28140), Daytona Beach, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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