19820714028989A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Blanca 17-31 · Lake Wales, FL · July 14, 1982

Date
July 14, 1982 · 11:40 local
Place
Lake Wales, FL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7373V
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA82DA154
Reported as
Blanca 1731
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540G1B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Aircraft had electrical fire in flight. Pilot landed and exited airplane which was destroyed by fire.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HAD ELECTRICAL FIRE IN FLIGHT. PILOT LANDED AND EXITED AIRPLANE WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

NTSB investigation

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