19790429017289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Blanca 7AC · Tucson, AZ · April 29, 1979

Date
April 29, 1979 · 10:15 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Ryan
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1338E
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DUJ67
Reported as
Blanca 7AC
Reported engine
Continental A658
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
863 total620 in this make and model30 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 crashed during attempted emergency landing. Carburetor was found defective.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING. CARBURETOR WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE.

NTSB investigation

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