# Accident 19991110043839A: Blanca 1730, Lake City, CO, November 10, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lake City, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0699° N, 107.2993° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0699&lon=-107.2993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6691V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6691V-2001-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991110043839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BELLANCA VIKING 17-30, N6691V, WAS DESTROYED AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT (AT CONTROLS) AND THE PRIVATE PILOT RATED PASSENGER (WIFE) WERE FATALLY INJURED, WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN WEST OF LAKE CITY, COLORADO. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. AT 12:30 MST, 11-10-99. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED, BUT WITNESSES STATED THAT THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS LAS VEGAS, NV.

## 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 DEN00FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA135), Nov 10, 1999: Bellanca 17-30 (N6691V), Lake City, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate flight planning and preparation, and his inadvertent flight into adverse weather during a cross-country flight over mountainous terrain. Contributing factors were, the cloudy…

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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