# Accident 19890423009699A: Blanca 1730A, Watertown, WI, April 23, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1989, 18:00 local time
- Place: Watertown, WI
- Airport: Watertown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1696° N, 88.7232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERTOWN MUNI (RYV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1696&lon=-88.7232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39868, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39868) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,795 total, 1,248 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890423009699A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED RAPIDLY AFTER STARTING ENGINE AND STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI89LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA075), Apr 24, 1989: Bellanca 17-30A (N39868), Watertown, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF BRAKES AND THROTTLE. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE PARKED AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS NEARBY.

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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