# Accident 19900626022629A: Blanca 1730A, Dallas, TX, June 26, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1990, 09:01 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Redbird Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8105° N, 96.8107° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8105&lon=-96.8107&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: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 6,805 total, 1,429 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900626022629A

## Narrative

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

RETURNING TO AIRPORT DUE GEAR PROBLEMS. ENGINE QUIT. CRASHED BURNED. OUT OF ANNUAL HAD FUELED THREE MONTHS PRIOR.

## 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 FTW90FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA125), Jun 26, 1990: Bellanca 17-30A (N6608V), Dallas, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE INITIAL PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, FOLLOWED BY THE TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE STRIKING OF A HIDDEN SET OF TRANSMISSION WIRES.

## Other reports on N6608V (2)

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

- [Incident 19890604027639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890604027639I), Jun 4, 1989: Blanca 1730A (N6608V), Taos, NM, Minor damage. Encountered hail inflight. Continued to Taos. Windshield cracked and up to 3 inch holes in wing.
- [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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