# Incident 19901103058359I: Blanca 1730A, Mertzon, TX, November 3, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1990, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mertzon, TX
- Airport: Noelke Ranch Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1671° N, 101.0059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Noelke Ranch Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1671&lon=-101.0059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39882, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39882) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901103058359I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT DURING TAKEOFF. RETURNED AND LANDED GEAR  UP. EXHAUST COLLECTOR HAD BLOWN OUT.

## Other reports on N39882 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860423042349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860423042349I), Apr 23, 1986: Blanca 1730A (N39882), Odessa, TX. Precautionary landing after power loss and smoke. Found broken muffler. Pilot not certificated.

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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