# Accident 19910407009029A: Blanca 1731ATC, Great Barringto, MA, April 7, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1991, 19:00 local time
- Place: Great Barringto, MA
- Airport: Great Barrington Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1842° N, 73.4032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT BARRINGTON (GBR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1842&lon=-73.4032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1269R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1269R-1991-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731ATC
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1E5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 700 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910407009029A

## Narrative

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

FUEL INJECTOR CLOGGED BY ANTI SEIZE USED ON THREADS ON JUST COMPLETED ANNUAL. LACKED POWER,SHORT RUNWAY. HIT TREES.

## 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 NYC91FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA103), Apr 7, 1991: Bellanca 17-31 ATC (N1269R), Gt. Barrington, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE MECHANIC'S IMPROPER USE OF ANTI-SEIZE COMPOUND ON THE INJECTOR NOZZLE THREADS WHICH RESULTED IN AN ENGINE FAILURE.

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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