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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 1419 · West Chicago, IL · July 14, 1984

Date: July 14, 1984 · 10:00 local
Place: West Chicago, IL
Airport: Eupage
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4046B
Reported as: Blanca 1419
Reported engine: Continental IO520K
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 900 total380 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N4046BRegistered now · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 75-30788 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pulled prop thru to lubricate cylinders. Engine start. Aircraft hit another aircraft. Broken p lead. Mags were off.

As the FAA filed it

PULLED PROP THRU TO LUBRICATE CYLINDERS. ENGINE START. AIRCRAFT HIT ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. BROKEN P LEAD. MAGS WERE OFF.