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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-31A · Greenville, PA · February 19, 1978

Date: February 19, 1978 · 15:30 local
Place: Greenville, PA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8265R
Reported as: Blanca 1731A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 726 total243 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8265RRegistered now · Bellanca 17-31AS/N 32-73 · Built 1972 Airframe modelBellanca 17-31A Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot making a downwind precacautionary landing, smelled electrical smoke. Hit snowbank on go around.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MAKING A DOWNWIND PRECACAUTIONARY LANDING, SMELLED ELECTRICAL SMOKE. HIT SNOWBANK ON GO AROUND.