# Incident 19880814052979I: Blanca 1730A, Napa, CA, August 14, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1988, 16:45 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2132° N, 122.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPA COUNTY (APC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2132&lon=-122.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14709, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14709) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 5 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880814052979I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT6 AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED PART OF EXHAUST SYSTEM SEPARATED. FLAMES SCORCHED COWL AND MELTED RUBBER.

## Other reports on N14709 (1)

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

- [Incident 20020911024059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020911024059I), Sep 11, 2002: Blanca 1730A (N14709), Mammoth Lakes, CA, Minor damage. (-23) During a landing at Mammoth Lakes, CA airport the pilot touched down then became airborne again with another touch down which resulted in the aircraft…

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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