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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Columbia, SC · June 10, 1978

Date
June 10, 1978 · 17:30 local
Place
Columbia, SC
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N14771
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total50 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.

Main wheel turned sideways during taxi after landing due to a broken weld upper torque link.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN WHEEL TURNED SIDEWAYS DURING TAXI AFTER LANDING DUE TO A BROKEN WELD UPPER TORQUE LINK.