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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30 · Lafayette, LA · July 26, 1978

Date
July 26, 1978 · 08:16 local
Place
Lafayette, LA
Airport
Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4736V
Reported as
Blanca 1730
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
965 total75 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot unable to retract gear, showed safe for landing. Collapsed. Flexible hydraulic line was ruptured.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR, SHOWED SAFE FOR LANDING. COLLAPSED. FLEXIBLE HYDRAULIC LINE WAS RUPTURED.