# Accident 20050521008339A: Blanca 1730A, Houston, TX, May 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2005
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8175° N, 95.6703° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8175&lon=-95.6703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39821, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39821-2017-04-13) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 25 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050521008339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/21/2005 AT 1035PM AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CRP CORPUS CHRISTI, TX FOR VFR FLIGHT TO IWS HOUSTON, TX. AT 2350 HRS 05/21/2005 LESS THAN ONE MILE NORTH OF IWS AIRCRAFT TURNED FOR FINAL WITH 800 FT ALTITUDE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON PINE FOREST COUNTRY CLUB. HEADING WAS APPROXIMATELY 150. AFTER HITTING 4 INCH TREE, HIT 18 INCH TREE, SEPARATING PROPELLER, AND SPINNING AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. FUSELAGE AND TAIL SECTION FROM BACK OF REAR SEAT AFT IMPACTED AGAINST 24 INCH TREE. AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME 3219. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED TO HERMAN HOSPITAL. PILOT STATED TO EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ON THE SCENE THAT HE SWITCHED TO AUX FUEL TANK ON FINAL BUT FELT AS IF HE DID NOT SWITCH IN TIME. DURING INSPECTION FOUND FUEL ON BOARD AIRCRAFT IS MAIN LH EMPTY, MAIN RH EMPTY, AUX FUSELAGE EMPTY, LH AUX EMPTY, RH AUX FULL. EVIDENCE OF APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO GALLONS OF FUEL LEAKED OUT OF CENTER/LH SIDES OF AIRCRAFT POST CRASH. PRIMARY FUEL SELECTOR FOUND ON RIGHT HAND MAIN. AUX FUEL SELECTOR FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE POSITION. WEATHER WAS VFR NO FACTOR. ENGINE CONTINENTAL IO-520-K, S/N 557462. AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AND ENGINE LOGBOOKS HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED. PILOT STATED ALL LOGBOOKS HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED. PILOT STATED ALL LOGBOOKS WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. HOWEVER, ONLY FOUND THE PILOT LOG, AN OUTDATED AIRCRAFT LOGBOOK, THE PROPELLER LOGBOOK, AND AD NOTES. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SERIOUS INJURY. PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA O^ SERIOUS INJURY. INTERVIEWED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WITH ASI ^PRIVACY DAT^ ON 5/24/5005.

## 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 DFW05CA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA128), May 22, 2005: Bellanca 17-30A (N39821), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel and his inadequate monitoring of the fuel supply which resulted in fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N39821 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780627035539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780627035539I), Jun 27, 1978: Blanca 1730A (N39821), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. Smoke in cabin, then alternator cb popped. Overvoltage light inop, overvoltage condition burned wires.

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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