# Incident 19810804052409I: Blanca 1731ATC, Ann Arbor, MI, August 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1981, 16:40 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2761° N, 83.7312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ann Arbor, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2761&lon=-83.7312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14797, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14797-2018-01-02) (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 1731ATC
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 700 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810804052409I

## Narrative

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

SHARP NOISE IN LEFT WING IN FLIGHT LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ON STOP AFTER LANDING. MOUNTING BRACKET FATIGUE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N14797 (1)

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

- [Accident 20090618009069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090618009069A), Jun 18, 2009: Blanca 1731ATC (N14797), Roosevelt, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) Post maintenance operational check flight. After landing at Roosevelt, UT. (74V) during rollout about 1000 feet left main landing gear collapsed. Green…

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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