# Incident 19800412038059I: Blanca 1731A, Detroit, MI, April 12, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1980, 15:22 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4064B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4064B-2017-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 300 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/19800412038059I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO FAILED GEAR MOTOR. EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM WOULD NOT LOCK GEAR DOWN.

## Other reports on N4064B (1)

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

- [Incident 20100717039699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100717039699I), Jul 17, 2010: Bellanca 17-31A (N4064B), Minor damage. On July 17, 2010 at approximately 16:40 CDT, N4064B a Bellanca 17-31A was landing on runway 22 at Hemphill County Airport (hhf) located in canadian, Texas. The…

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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