19790126003529I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-31ATC · Lansing, MI · January 26, 1979

Date: January 26, 1979 · 16:22 local
Place: Lansing, MI
Airport: Capitol City
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N28155
Reported as: Blanca 1731ATC
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N28155Registration cancelled Jun 26, 2018 · Bellanca 17-31ATCS/N 78-31145 · Built 1978 Airframe modelBellanca 17-31ATC Engine modelLycoming IO-540 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 took off in slush, retracted the gear before moisture and ice evaporated. Could not extend the gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF IN SLUSH, RETRACTED THE GEAR BEFORE MOISTURE AND ICE EVAPORATED. COULD NOT EXTEND THE GEAR.