# Incident 19830322040309I: Blanca 1730A, San Diego, CA, March 22, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1983, 10:42 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8273R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8273R-2020-07-10) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 238 total, 151 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830322040309I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE LANDING ROLL. NO DEFECTS FOUND. POSSIBLE INADVERDENT RETRACTION BY PILOT.

## Other reports on N8273R (2)

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

- [Incident 20040705012819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040705012819I), Jul 5, 2004: Blanca 1730A (N8273R), Boulder City, NV, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Cotton made an approach to rwy 15 at Boulder City airport (61B). The nose-wheel began to collapse about midway down the runway. He held the nose off…
- [Incident 19911111056079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911111056079I), Nov 11, 1991: Blanca 1730A (N8273R), Corona, CA, Minor damage. Pilot stated he simply forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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