# Incident 19811103080809I: Blanca 1730A, Columbus, OH, November 3, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1981, 17:25 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7SF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7SF-1991-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811103080809I

## Narrative

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

WITNESS SAW GEAR PARTIALLY DOWN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. PILOT FAILED TO ACTUATE GEAR. AUTO GEAR SYSTEM ACTUATED.

## Other reports on N7SF (1)

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

- [Accident 19900512017009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900512017009A), May 12, 1990: Blanca 1731A (N7SF), Davis Park, NY, Destroyed, 4 fatal. High speed impact into ocean on a U.S. Coast guard training flight. Pilot had complained pain from prior head injury

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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