19791020029699A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Blanca 7AC · Kilgore, TX · October 20, 1979

Date
October 20, 1979 · 11:10 local
Place
Kilgore, TX
Airport
Community
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N85703
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80DRJ04
Reported as
Blanca 7AC
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
755 total214 in this make and model70 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 lost directional control during a crosswind landing with gusty wind.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING WITH GUSTY WIND.

NTSB investigation

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