# Incident 19810610041839I: Blanca 1730A, Rapid City, SD, June 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39869, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39869-1993-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810610041839I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG FAILED UPON TOUCHDOWN DUE TO FAULTY WELD.

## Other reports on N39869 (1)

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

- [Incident 19920916042959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920916042959I), Sep 16, 1992: Blanca 1730A (N39869), Winnemucca, NV, Minor damage. Door opened on climbout. Returned. Made a hard landing. Aircraft veered off side of runway.

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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