20.8986° N, 156.4305° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 5, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place
Maui, HI
Airport
Kahului
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39891
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total350 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.
Aircraft struck building after being hand started with no one at controls.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT STRUCK BUILDING AFTER BEING HAND STARTED WITH NO ONE AT CONTROLS.