# Incident 19830901064209I: Blanca 1730A, Clearwater, FL, September 1, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1983, 21:04 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9794° N, 82.7713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9794&lon=-82.7713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N399AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N399AC-1997-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830901064209I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP. FAILED TO USE CHECKLIST OR CHECK GEAR POSITION.

## Other reports on N399AC (1)

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

- [Accident 19880705025629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880705025629A), Jul 5, 1988: Blanca 1730A (N399AC), Clearwater, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed into house on climbout and burned. Engine heard to misfire. Rust, sand and water in fuel. Warned of same.

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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