19961201036859A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Blanca 17-31ATC · Fitzgerald, GA · December 1, 1996

Date
December 1, 1996 · 08:20 local
Place
Fitzgerald, GA
Airport
Fitzgerald Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N123SS
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL97FA021
Reported as
Blanca 1731ATC
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
11,700 total

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.

Took off vft into heavy rain shower from a thunderstorm. Appears stalled returning. Over weight.

As the FAA filed it

TOOK OFF VFT INTO HEAVY RAIN SHOWER FROM A THUNDERSTORM. APPEARS STALLED RETURNING. OVER WEIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.