19880102033569A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Blanca 14-13 · Cocoa, FL · January 2, 1988

Date
January 2, 1988 · 15:15 local
Place
Cocoa, FL
Airport
Merritt Island
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8429H
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88LA080
Reported as
Blanca 1413
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total800 in this make and model25 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.

Forced landing in river when engine quit on takeoff. Hit boat and dock. Carburetor ice possible factor.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING IN RIVER WHEN ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. HIT BOAT AND DOCK. CARBURETOR ICE POSSIBLE FACTOR.

NTSB investigation

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