33.8857° N, 117.9280° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fullerton, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 24, 1979 · 16:00 local
Place
Fullerton, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N93601
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
540 total40 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.
Landed after smoke entered cockpit. Found burned relay windings
As the FAA filed it
LANDED AFTER SMOKE ENTERED COCKPIT. FOUND BURNED RELAY WINDINGS