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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Silver Springs, FL · March 25, 1978

Date
March 25, 1978 · 18:00 local
Place
Silver Springs, FL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8216R
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Engine stopped on final approach due to water contamination in the fuel system.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED ON FINAL APPROACH DUE TO WATER CONTAMINATION IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.