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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Blanca 17-30A · Morrisville, NC · February 12, 1980

Date
February 12, 1980 · 20:12 local
Place
Morrisville, NC
Airport
Raleigh-Durham
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N28027
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD80FA023
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,804 total1,000 in this make and model114 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.

Struck trees short of runway on practice adf. No usable fuel in selected tank. Pilot had drugs, alcohol in system.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY ON PRACTICE ADF. NO USABLE FUEL IN SELECTED TANK. PILOT HAD DRUGS, ALCOHOL IN SYSTEM.

NTSB investigation

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