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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Taos, NM · June 4, 1989

Date
June 4, 1989 · 18:00 local
Place
Taos, NM
Airport
Taos Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6608V
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Reported engine
Continental IO520K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total1,000 in this make and model10 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.

Encountered hail inflight. Continued to Taos. Windshield cracked and up to 3 inch holes in wing.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED HAIL INFLIGHT. CONTINUED TO TAOS. WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND UP TO 3 INCH HOLES IN WING.

Other reports on N6608V · 2

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