# Incident 19810409021269I: Blanca 1730A, South Bend, IN, April 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1981, 21:28 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115CC) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 470 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/19810409021269I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT ON FIRE LANE AND COLLIDED WITH FIRE HYDRANT AT NIGHT.

## Other reports on N115CC (1)

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

- [Incident 19801002077809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801002077809I), Oct 2, 1980: Blanca 1730A (N115CC), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear hit a bump in runway and partially retracted, causing prop to hit the pavement.

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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