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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 14-19 · Mesa, AZ · July 2, 2008

Date
July 2, 2008 · 13:25 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Fld
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6579N
Reported as
Blanca 1419
Reported engine
Lycoming O435A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total20 in this make and model5 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) Owner forgot to fasten the lower left 4 camlocks on the top cowling. Cowling came loose after takeoff, blocking the pilot's view, aircraft was able to land safely.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) OWNER FORGOT TO FASTEN THE LOWER LEFT 4 CAMLOCKS ON THE TOP COWLING. COWLING CAME LOOSE AFTER TAKEOFF, BLOCKING THE PILOT'S VIEW, AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO LAND SAFELY.