FAA incident report · Blanca 17-31A · Holbrook, AZ · November 11, 1979
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot encountered downdraft on final, did not correct in time, struck telephone line, came to rest short of runway.
PILOT ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT ON FINAL, DID NOT CORRECT IN TIME, STRUCK TELEPHONE LINE, CAME TO REST SHORT OF RUNWAY.