# Incident 19820104000439I: Blanca 1731, Bardstown, KY, January 4, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1982, 19:40 local time
- Place: Bardstown, KY
- Airport: Samuels
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8143° N, 85.4996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAMUELS FLD (BRY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8143&lon=-85.4996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8278R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8278R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,369 total, 121 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820104000439I

## Narrative

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

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

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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