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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Dekalb, IL · February 1, 1978

Date: February 1, 1978 · 15:50 local
Place: Dekalb, IL
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8231R
Reported as: Blanca 1730A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8231RRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2023 · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 30426 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot landed on unplowed side of the runway due to fresh snow. Damage to gear and prop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON UNPLOWED SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DUE TO FRESH SNOW. DAMAGE TO GEAR AND PROP.