# Incident 19810808069989I: Blanca 1730A, Chamblee, GA, August 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1981, 17:30 local time
- Place: Chamblee, GA
- Airport: Chamblee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8811° N, 84.3017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chamblee, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8811&lon=-84.3017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1979B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1979B) (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: 3,600 total, 500 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/19810808069989I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. FOUND ACTUATOR SEAL LEAKING. FLUID DRAINED GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N1979B (1)

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

- [Incident 20010412007479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010412007479I), Apr 12, 2001: Blanca 1730A (N1979B), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23)On April 14, 2001, at approximately 0000Z, a Bellanca model BL-17-30A airplane, registration number N1979B, operated by [privacy data omitted] landed with…

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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