# Incident 20000916024129I: Blanca 1730A, Reading, PA, September 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2000, 09:40 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading Municipal Gen Carl A Spaatz
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3392° N, 75.9263° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3392&lon=-75.9263&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28136 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 52 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/20000916024129I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED READING AIRPORT (RDG) ON RUNWAY 31. CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 2500 FT.  EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND ENGINE RPM'S.  PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND AND TRIED TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT.  THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AUTOMATICALLY PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.  AIRCRAFT CRASH-LANDED BESIDE US HIGHWAY 183 ONE MILE NORTH/NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ALL THREE LANDINGS GEARS, MINOR DAMAGE TO CONTROL SURFACES, AND ANTENNAS ON BELLY OF AIRCRAFT.  UPON FURHTER INVESTIGATION, FOUND THROTTLE ROD LINKAGE DISCONNECTED FROM CABLE NEAR INJECTOR THROTTLE BODY.  THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO CABLE TO LINKAGE.  JAM NUT WAS STILL ON CABLE.

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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