# Incident 19880824054799I: Blanca 1730A, Grant, NE, August 24, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1988, 14:00 local time
- Place: Grant, NE
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8446° N, 101.7255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grant, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8446&lon=-101.7255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14773, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14773-1994-07-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880824054799I

## Narrative

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

ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD WHEN MISTAKENLY SELECTED EMPTY FUEL TANK. AFRAID ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND IN TIME.

## Other reports on N14773 (1)

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

- [Accident 19940520011849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940520011849A), May 20, 1994: Blanca 1730A (N14773), Del Rio, TX, Substantial damage. Lost power on initial climbout. Landed rough terrain. Exhaust leak near fuel pump burned fuel pump electric wires.

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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