# Incident 19810315021539I: Blanca 1730A, Plainview, TX, March 15, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Airport: Hale County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1681° N, 101.7173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALE COUNTY (PVW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1681&lon=-101.7173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28078, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28078) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810315021539I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING DUE TO NO FLUID IN RESERVOIR. RESERVOIR HAD A CRACK IN CASING.

## Other reports on N28078 (1)

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

- [Incident 20050419008379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050419008379I), Apr 19, 2005: Blanca 1730A (N28078), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On April 19, 2005 a U.S. Civil registered aircraft N28078, a bellance 17-30, sustained damage to the propeller, engine, right main gear, and right wing…

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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