19961214043689I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-31A · Madera, CA · December 14, 1996

Date
December 14, 1996 · 15:20 local
Place
Madera, CA
Airport
Madera Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39872
Reported as
Blanca 1731A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 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.

Lost control on touchdown. Skidded off runway into mud. Gear prop damage. Unknown if AD on drag struts complied.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL ON TOUCHDOWN. SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY INTO MUD. GEAR PROP DAMAGE. UNKNOWN IF AD ON DRAG STRUTS COMPLIED.

Other reports on N39872 · 1

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