# Accident 20051215033089A: Blanca 1730A, Columbus, TX, December 15, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2005, 19:45 local time
- Place: Columbus, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6922° N, 96.5856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6922&lon=-96.5856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78SV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78SV-2014-11-19) (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 IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 120 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051215033089A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED COLUMBUS AIRPORT (66R) WITH INTENTED FLIGHT TO LAGRANGE AIRPORT (3T5). INDIVIDUAL CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 2200 FEET WHEN LOSS OF POWER (ENGINE SHUT DOWN) OCCURRED.  SHE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, CHANGED FUEL SELECTOR TO AUX. POSITION BUT STATED THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. INITIATED A GLIDE PATH FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR INTERSTATE TEN JUST EAST OF COLUMBUS, TEXAS.  AIRCRAFT HIT THE TOP OF A TREE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROX. 120 FEET LATER.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND HARD AND CAME TO REST APPROX 20 FEET FROM INITIAL IMPACT, TURNING 90 DEGREES AND POINTING IN A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAIN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS CRITICALLY INJURED.  A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FIL ED FOR THIS 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## 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 DFW06LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA040), Dec 16, 2005: Bellanca 17-30A (N78SV), Columbus, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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