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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Blanca 8KCAB · Alma, IL · September 30, 1979

Date
September 30, 1979 · 15:20 local
Place
Alma, IL
Airport
Pittsport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N499AC
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79FEV35
Reported as
Blanca 8KCAB
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,956 total0 in this make and model130 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.

Made takeoff with steep climbing, low altitude turn. Acft stalled, made steep descent, hit ground on pull out.

As the FAA filed it

MADE TAKEOFF WITH STEEP CLIMBING, LOW ALTITUDE TURN. ACFT STALLED, MADE STEEP DESCENT, HIT GROUND ON PULL OUT.

NTSB investigation

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