# Incident 19890604027639I: Blanca 1730A, Taos, NM, June 4, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1989, 18:00 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4517° N, 105.6731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAOS RGNL (SKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6608V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6608V-2013-07-09) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890604027639I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED HAIL INFLIGHT. CONTINUED TO TAOS. WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND UP TO 3 INCH HOLES IN WING.

## Other reports on N6608V (2)

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

- [Accident 19900626022629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900626022629A), Jun 26, 1990: Blanca 1730A (N6608V), Dallas, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Returning to airport due gear problems. Engine quit. Crashed burned. Out of annual had fueled three months prior.
- [Incident 19801023077789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801023077789I), Oct 23, 1980: Blanca 1730A (N6608V), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Bent shaft in hydraulic cylinder prevented nose gear extension.

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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