# Incident 19810204016369I: Blanca 1731, Santa Monica, CA, February 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1981, 13:29 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39827, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39827-2012-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 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/19810204016369I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20000607009489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000607009489A), Jun 7, 2000: Blanca 1731ATC (N39827), Del Rio, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 7, 2000, at approximately 1451 hours, a Bellanca 1731ATC, N39827 owned and operated by[privacy data omitted]crashed 10 miles norhtwest of…
- [Incident 19850401019699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850401019699I), Apr 1, 1985: Blanca 1731ATC (N39827), Portland, ME. Gear down light did not illuminate prior to landing. Safe landing. Replaced gear indicator switch.

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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