# Incident 19810109008319I: Blanca 1730, Gallup, NM, January 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5138° N, 108.7437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gallup, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5138&lon=-108.7437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7337V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7337V-2013-05-07) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 435 total, 153 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810109008319I

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENT GEAR RETRACTION DURING PRETAKE OFF CHECK LIST.

## Other reports on N7337V (2)

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

- [Accident 19831111057149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831111057149A), Nov 11, 1983: Blanca 1730 (N7337V), Moore, OK, Substantial damage. Engine quit after departing airport crash landed. Faulty fuel selector and gasculator gasket. Recent annual.
- [Accident 19810630037759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810630037759A), Jun 30, 1981: Blanca 1730 (N7337V), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Ran one tank dry while flying low to avoid clouds. No time to restart on other tank. Landed on road. Hit truck.

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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