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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-31A · Baton Rouge, LA · May 4, 1984

Date: May 4, 1984 · 18:30 local
Place: Baton Rouge, LA
Airport: Ryan
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N999MT
Reported as: Blanca 1731A
Reported engine: Continental IO470K
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 218 total2 in this make and model63 in the last 90 days

N999MTRegistered now · Bellanca 17-31AS/N 74-32-139 · Built 1974 Airframe modelBellanca 17-31A Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Bounced on landing lost control and ran off the runway. Side loads collapse the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

BOUNCED ON LANDING LOST CONTROL AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY. SIDE LOADS COLLAPSE THE LANDING GEAR.