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Incident

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-31A · Denver, CO · April 19, 1988

Date
April 19, 1988 · 16:12 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Stapleton International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N20PB
Reported as
Blanca 1731A
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Trailing smoke on takeoff. Returned to land. Mechanic advised pilot to lean mixture for density altitude takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

TRAILING SMOKE ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO LAND. MECHANIC ADVISED PILOT TO LEAN MIXTURE FOR DENSITY ALTITUDE TAKEOFF.

Other reports on N20PB · 1

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