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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Blanca 17-30 · Colorado Spring, CO · August 21, 1979

Date
August 21, 1979 · 18:40 local
Place
Colorado Spring, CO
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4853V
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79FTE76
Reported as
Blanca 1730
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total16 in this make and model29 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.

Engine failed on takeoff. Acft contained fuel but none was found in the injector system.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF. ACFT CONTAINED FUEL BUT NONE WAS FOUND IN THE INJECTOR SYSTEM.

NTSB investigation

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