19800901068059I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 1731A · Ft Worth, TX · September 1, 1980

Date
September 1, 1980 · 16:27 local
Place
Ft Worth, TX
Airport
Meacham
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6593V
Reported as
Blanca 1731A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total450 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.

Nose gear collapsed at landing due to failed nose gear retract cylinder seal.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT LANDING DUE TO FAILED NOSE GEAR RETRACT CYLINDER SEAL.