# Accident 19890417065779A: Blanca 1730A, Juction, TX, April 17, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1989, 09:20 local time
- Place: Juction, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4796° N, 99.7702° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4796&lon=-99.7702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8785V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8785V-2013-05-15) (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: 281 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890417065779A

## Narrative

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

ADVISED VFR NOT RECOMMENDED. FLEW INTO IFR,LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## 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 FTW89FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA151), Apr 17, 1989: Bellanca 17-30A (N8785V), Junction, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. THE WEATHER…

## Other reports on N8785V (1)

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

- [Accident 19890822031259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890822031259A), Aug 22, 1989: Blanca 1730A (N8785V), Junction, TX, 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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