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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 1731 · Santa Monica, CA · February 4, 1981

Date
February 4, 1981 · 13:29 local
Place
Santa Monica, CA
Airport
Santa Monica
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39827
Reported as
Blanca 1731
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 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 time of ground contact. Retract unit malfunctioned.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT TIME OF GROUND CONTACT. RETRACT UNIT MALFUNCTIONED.

Other reports on N39827 · 2

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