# Incident 19900707032129I: Blanca 1730A, San Marcos, TX, July 7, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1990, 20:30 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8927° N, 97.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN MARCOS RGNL (HYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8927&lon=-97.8630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4035B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4035B-2014-10-06) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900707032129I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER MAKING THIRD SOLO LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N4035B (2)

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

- [Accident 19910126000989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910126000989A), Jan 26, 1991: Blanca 1730A (N4035B), Olton, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On test flight was observed doing a split s aerobatic maneuver. Wing spar broke causing vertical dive to impact.
- [Incident 19801226088079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801226088079I), Dec 26, 1980: Blanca 1730A (N4035B), Hobbs, NM, Minor damage. Unable to extend nose gear before landing. Found bad gear motor amature.

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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