# Incident 19810615054139I: Blanca 14132, El Cajon, CA, June 15, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1981, 13:50 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74365, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74365-1994-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-13-2 (registry code 1201004, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14132
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810615054139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ZA ZG REPORTED FIRE IN COCKPIT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. RADIO TRANSFORMER BURNED OUT, SMOKED IN COCKPIT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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