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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Blanca 17-30A · Hanover, PA · September 9, 1979

Date
September 9, 1979 · 14:20 local
Place
Hanover, PA
Airport
Devener
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N102CB
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FA092
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
978 total30 in this make and model228 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 tried to slow roll aircraft at a low altitude. Dove vertically to ground from inverted attitude.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TRIED TO SLOW ROLL AIRCRAFT AT A LOW ALTITUDE. DOVE VERTICALLY TO GROUND FROM INVERTED ATTITUDE.

NTSB investigation

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