# Accident 19920526015939A: Blanca 1730A, Graford, TX, May 26, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1992, 09:40 local time
- Place: Graford, TX
- Airport: Possum Kingdom Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9233° N, 98.4369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POSSUM KINGDOM (F35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9233&lon=-98.4369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9742E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9742E-1995-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,264 total, 12 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW92LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920526015939A

## Narrative

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

LOOSE THROTTLE JAM NUT CAUSED DISCONNECT AND POWER TO IDLE. FORCE LANDED IN LAKE SHORT OF AIRPORT TRYING TO RETURN.

## 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 FTW92LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA141), May 26, 1992: Bellanca 17-30A (N9742E), Graford, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: LOOSE JAM NUT ON THROTTLE CABLE. FACTORS WERE INADEQUATE ANNUAL INSPECTION AND UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AND WATER.

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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