# Incident 20000422016399I: Blanca 1730A, El Paso, TX, April 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2000, 09:55 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614CJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N614CJ-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Pilot flight hours: 332 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000422016399I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER PILOT DEPARTED ELP AIRPORT, HE ADVISED THE TOWER THAT THE FLIGHT WAS CHOPPY AND THAT HE NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. IN DEALING WITH THE ROUGH RIDE, HE GOT HIMSELF DISORIENTATED AND LANDED ON AN ACCESS ROAD ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT INSTEAD OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N614CJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20011026029969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011026029969A), Oct 26, 2001: Blanca 1730A (N614CJ), Clarendon, TX, No damage. (-23) Engine lost power during climb out from Clarendon airport. Pilot could not recover the engine and made a forced landing at night in a ravine 3 miles…

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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