19791125041199A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Blanca 7ECA · St James, MN · November 25, 1979

Date
November 25, 1979 · 16:40 local
Place
St James, MN
Airport
St James
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N41869
Reported as
Blanca 7ECA
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
404 total194 in this make and model21 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.

Runway was plowed with a 20 foot width only. Aircraft veered off center. A wheel caught in snow bank. Nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

RUNWAY WAS PLOWED WITH A 20 FOOT WIDTH ONLY. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF CENTER. A WHEEL CAUGHT IN SNOW BANK. NOSED OVER.