19831024068429I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Ruidoso, MN · October 24, 1983

Date
October 24, 1983 · 11:35 local
Place
Ruidoso, MN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39861
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
512 total160 in this make and model37 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.

Complete electrical failure. Laneded gear up. Failed to use emergency gear system correctly.

As the FAA filed it

COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. LANEDED GEAR UP. FAILED TO USE EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM CORRECTLY.