19940130004789I

Incident

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Lubbock, TX · January 30, 1994

Date: January 30, 1994 · 16:14 local
Place: Lubbock, TX
Airport: Lubbock International Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N179SV
Reported as: Blanca 1730A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,200 total450 in this make and model

N179SVRegistration cancelled Sep 8, 2015 · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 79-30927 · Built 1979 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: the pilot reported moderate aircraft icing on approach to airport. The aircraft did not have deicing equipment. He advised approach control that the aircraft was losing altitude. An emergency was declared. The aircraft completed the approach and landed without further incident. The pilot was counseled to obtain in flight weather advisories.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT REPORTED MODERATE AIRCRAFT ICING ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE DEICING EQUIPMENT. HE ADVISED APPROACH CONTROL THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED THE APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED TO OBTAIN IN FLIGHT WEATHER ADVISORIES.