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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Dallas, TX · December 11, 1978

Date: December 11, 1978
Place: Dallas, TX
Airport: Love
Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N39892
Reported as: Blanca 1730A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N39892Registration cancelled Jul 25, 2011 · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 73-30561 · Built 1973 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 unable to get a gear safe light by normal or emergency means, collapsed. Hydraulic system was low on fluid

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO GET A GEAR SAFE LIGHT BY NORMAL OR EMERGENCY MEANS, COLLAPSED. HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS LOW ON FLUID