# Incident 19780426011009I: Blanca 14193A, West Chicago, IL, April 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1978, 13:15 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8535R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8535R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-3 (registry code 3080106, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14193A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 0 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/19780426011009I

## Narrative

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

GEAR RETRACTED WHEN PILOT STARTED ENGINE. PILOT FAILED TO CHECK POSITION OF GEAR HANDLE.

## Other reports on N8535R (1)

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

- [Incident 19881121064059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881121064059I), Nov 21, 1988: Blanca 14193A (N8535R), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. While stopped short of taxiway was going over checklist. Left gear retracted. Landing gear was in proper rig.

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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