# Incident 19801120080459I: Blanca 1730A, Odessa, TX, November 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1980, 19:00 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Airport: Schlemeyer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8457° N, 102.3676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odessa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8457&lon=-102.3676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39833, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39833-2016-10-05) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 800 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/19801120080459I

## Narrative

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

ZN NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND DUE TO THE LANDING GEAR RELAY THAT WAS PARTIALLY DISCONNECTED FROM ITS SOCKET.

## Other reports on N39833 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760903032489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760903032489A), Sep 3, 1976: Blanca 1730A (N39833), Bovina, TX, Substantial damage. L wheel of acft rolled off narrow rwy & hit tall grass causing loss of control.

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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