# Incident 19970327010499I: Blanca 1413, Snyder, TX, March 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1997, 19:15 local time
- Place: Snyder, TX
- Airport: Winston Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6934° N, 100.9505° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINSTON FLD (SNK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6934&lon=-100.9505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86944, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86944) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-13 (registry code 1201002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1413
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A335*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 267 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970327010499I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MR. FRANKLIN ENCOUNTERED STRONG WINDS FROM THE WEST ON HIS TRIP FROM WACO, TX TO LUBBOCK, TX AND DECIDED HE WOULD NEED TO STOP FOR FUEL. HE ELECTED TO LAND AT WINSTON FIELD IN SNYDER, TX. BECAUSE THEY HAD AN "EAST/WEST" RUNWAY. SO HE COULD LAND INTO THE WIND. WHEN HE ARRIVED IT WAS GETTING DARK AND THE ONLY LIGHTED RUNWAY WAS THE "NORTH/SOUTH" RUNWAY. HE ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON THE UNLIGHTED "EAST/WEST" RUNWAY DUE TO THE WINDS. HE LANDED LONG, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A DIRT "BERM".

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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