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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Napa, CA · August 14, 1988

Date
August 14, 1988 · 16:45 local
Place
Napa, CA
Airport
Napa County
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N14709
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Reported engine
Continental IO520K
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total5 in this make and model11 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.

Smoke in COCKPIT6 after takeoff. Returned part of exhaust system separated. Flames scorched cowl and melted rubber.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT6 AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED PART OF EXHAUST SYSTEM SEPARATED. FLAMES SCORCHED COWL AND MELTED RUBBER.

Other reports on N14709 · 1

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