# Incident 19990206013009I: Blanca 1730A, El Paso, TX, February 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1999, 18:27 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6146J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 125 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990206013009I

## Narrative

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

ON 02/06/99 AT 1827MST, N614CJ, A BELLANCA VIKING MODEL 30A,OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 26L AT EL PASO, TX INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND NO OTHER PERSONS WERE ON BOARD. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ELP ON 02/06/99 AT APPROX. 1750 MST AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT NEARBY WEST TEXAS AIRPORT BUT DUE TO LOCAL CONDITIONS THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO ELP.

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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