# Incident 19801020075429I: Blanca 1730, Wharton, TX, October 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1980, 11:20 local time
- Place: Wharton, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3176° N, 96.1023° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wharton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3176&lon=-96.1023&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6689V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6689V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 62 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/19801020075429I

## Narrative

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

ZD ZW RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. GEAR OPERATED SATISFACTORILY AFTER LUBRICATION.

## Other reports on N6689V (1)

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

- [Incident 19790304018849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790304018849I), Mar 4, 1979: Blanca 1730 (N6689V), Independence, CA, Minor damage. Main gear partially collapsed on rollout. No malfunction found.

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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