# Accident 20070915023459A: Blanca 1730A, Dallas, GA, September 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2007, 14:15 local time
- Place: Dallas, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 84.7656° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-84.7656&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8260R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8260R-2017-02-22) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 364 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070915023459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED KCTJ (WEST CARROLLTON REGIONAL AIRPORT) VFR AT 1415L ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ENROUTE TO KRYY (MCCOLLUM-COBB COUNTY AIRPORT). ABOUT 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO LANDING AT RYY, AT ABOUT 5000' ALTITUDE, PILOT STARTED DESCENT FOR LANDING. THE WITNESSING PILOT ADVISED THE DESCENT WAS "MORE DRASTIC" THAN NORMAL AND AFTER DESCENDING BELOW 3000' AND TURNING TO THE EAST, THEN SOUTH THE PILOT MADE A DISTRESS CALL TO RYY DECLARING AN ENGINE FAILURE AND WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO LAND AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN OLD RUNWAY, (ACTUALLY AN ABANDONED DRAG-STRIP) ABOUT 1/4 MILE LONG. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO THE TREES ABOUT 500 FEET FROM THE DRAG-STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT FATALLY INJURED. THERE WAS NO POST-ACCIDENT FIRE AND RESPONDING CFR DID NOT APPLY WATER TO WRECKAGE. A SECOND WITNESS CALLED FROM HOME IN DALLAS, GA AND ADVISED HE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT OVERHEAD AND THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING AND BACKFIRING. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT AT ONE POINT THE ENGINE QUIT BUT THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT. THE WITNESS SAID THE ENGINE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE PUTTING OUT MUCH POWER AND CONTINUED TO SPUTTER AND BACKFIRE.

## 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 NYC07FA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA228), Sep 15, 2007: Bellanca 17-30A (N8260R), Dallas, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a loss of engine power during cruise due to fuel contamination.

## Other reports on N8260R (1)

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

- [Incident 20051104029669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051104029669I), Nov 4, 2005: Blanca 1730A (N8260R), Covington, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot practicing full stop landings. Coming in on runway 28 at Covington airport. Upon landing aircraft made sharp turn to left. Aircraft…

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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