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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-31A · Alpine, TX · May 18, 1981

Date
May 18, 1981 · 23:00 local
Place
Alpine, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N93489
Reported as
Blanca 1731A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total500 in this make and model27 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.

Pilot got gear warning light when gear extend. Emergency system used. Right gear collapsed. Mount bracket broken.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT GOT GEAR WARNING LIGHT WHEN GEAR EXTEND. EMERGENCY SYSTEM USED. RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. MOUNT BRACKET BROKEN.

Other reports on N93489 · 1

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