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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 14-13-2 · Torrance, CA · April 30, 1983

Date: April 30, 1983 · 12:39 local
Place: Torrance, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N86826
Reported as: Blanca 14132
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total100 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N86826Registered now · Bellanca 14-13-2S/N 1187 · Built 1946 Airframe modelBellanca 14-13-2 Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 seriesReciprocating

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.

Landed with gear up due to jammed landing gear. Found landing gear actuating chain broke

As the FAA filed it

LANDED WITH GEAR UP DUE TO JAMMED LANDING GEAR. FOUND LANDING GEAR ACTUATING CHAIN BROKE