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Incident

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Wheeling, WV · October 1, 1990

Date
October 1, 1990 · 17:25 local
Place
Wheeling, WV
Airport
Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N28131
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Reported engine
Continental IO520K
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total700 in this make and model17 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.

Engine malfunction. Declared emergency and landed at Wheeling. Propeller governor was found defective.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE MALFUNCTION. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT WHEELING. PROPELLER GOVERNOR WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE.