# Incident 19780223001599I: Blanca 1730, Tulia, TX, February 23, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1978, 14:15 local time
- Place: Tulia, TX
- Airport: Swisher Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5379° N, 101.7744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulia, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5379&lon=-101.7744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7343V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7343V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total, 700 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780223001599I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. HAD INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED.

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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