19821010066599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30 · Fredericksburg, TX · October 10, 1982

Date
October 10, 1982 · 14:40 local
Place
Fredericksburg, TX
Airport
Fredericksburg
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6685V
Reported as
Blanca 1730
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total2,000 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

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.

Unable to extend the left main landing gear. Landed gear up. Loose bolt in gear door mechanism jammed landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. LOOSE BOLT IN GEAR DOOR MECHANISM JAMMED LANDING GEAR.