20061225026399I

Incident

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Plainview, TX · December 25, 2006

Date
December 25, 2006 · 12:15 local
Place
Plainview, TX
Airport
Hale County Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N14690
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Reported engine
Continental IO520K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,710 total1,500 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) On December 25, 2006, the pilot privacy data omitted and his son were conducting a local flight in his personal aircraft. During operations in the pattern at Hale county municipal airport (pvw) the engine lost power. The pilot privacy data omitted executed a dead-stick landing, falling just short of the runway. The aircraft was not damaged, but inspection of the engine revealed the crankshaft had failed. The aircraft was towed to the ramp and caused no interruption to the operations of other aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 25, 2006, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ AND HIS SON WERE CONDUCTING A LOCAL FLIGHT IN HIS PERSONAL AIRCRAFT. DURING OPERATIONS IN THE PATTERN AT HALE COUNTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PVW) THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ EXECUTED A DEAD-STICK LANDING, FALLING JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED, BUT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE CRANKSHAFT HAD FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP AND CAUSED NO INTERRUPTION TO THE OPERATIONS OF OTHER AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N14690 · 1

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