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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Blanca 1730 · Chacon, NM · May 14, 1981

Date
May 14, 1981 · 17:45 local
Place
Chacon, NM
Airport
Chacon
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7396V
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FQA31
Reported as
Blanca 1730
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
438 total362 in this make and model54 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.

High, began go-around, hit fence, wires, crashed inverted. Faled to account for density altitude. Rising terrain.

As the FAA filed it

HIGH, BEGAN GO-AROUND, HIT FENCE, WIRES, CRASHED INVERTED. FALED TO ACCOUNT FOR DENSITY ALTITUDE. RISING TERRAIN.

NTSB investigation

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