# Incident 19820308012829I: Blanca 1731ATC, Beckley, WV, March 8, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1982, 10:00 local time
- Place: Beckley, WV
- Airport: Raleigh Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7873° N, 81.1242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH COUNTY MEML (BKW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7873&lon=-81.1242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444TL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444TL-2011-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731ATC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 130 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820308012829I

## Narrative

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

HAND PROPPED ENGINE. AIRPLANE JUMPED CHOCKS AND BRAKES. RAN INTO A FENCE.

## Other reports on N444TL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19961026033869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961026033869A), Oct 26, 1996: Blanca 1731ATC (N444TL), Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft skidded off the runway after landing. (-23) see narrative #FTW97LA027

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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