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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 1731 · Bardstown, KY · January 4, 1982

Date: January 4, 1982 · 19:40 local
Place: Bardstown, KY
Airport: Samuels
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8278R
Reported as: Blanca 1731
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,369 total121 in this make and model46 in the last 90 days

N8278RRegistered now · Bellanca 17-31AS/N 32-82 · Built 1972 Airframe modelBellanca 17-31A Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Bounced landing, nose gear collapsed. Landing impact broke nose gear scissor and wheel rim, prior to gear collapse.

As the FAA filed it

BOUNCED LANDING, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. LANDING IMPACT BROKE NOSE GEAR SCISSOR AND WHEEL RIM, PRIOR TO GEAR COLLAPSE.