# Incident 19801002077809I: Blanca 1730A, West Chicago, IL, October 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1980, 13:48 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 400 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/19801002077809I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR HIT A BUMP IN RUNWAY AND PARTIALLY RETRACTED, CAUSING PROP TO HIT THE PAVEMENT.

## Other reports on N115CC (1)

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

- [Incident 19810409021269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810409021269I), Apr 9, 1981: Blanca 1730A (N115CC), South Bend, IN, Minor damage. Pilot taxied aircraft on fire lane and collided with fire hydrant at night.

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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