19790120001159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Blanca 8GCBC · Thompson, UT · January 20, 1979

Date
January 20, 1979 · 11:15 local
Place
Thompson, UT
Airport
Moab
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N53787
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79DTM09
Reported as
Blanca 8GCBC
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
515 total240 in this make and model27 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.

Pilot landed on a sod runway which was covered with 5 inches of snow. Ran into a snow drift and nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON A SOD RUNWAY WHICH WAS COVERED WITH 5 INCHES OF SNOW. RAN INTO A SNOW DRIFT AND NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.