# Incident 19850526030759I: Blanca 1730A, Bloomington, IL, May 26, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1985, 18:00 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IL
- Airport: Normal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6634V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6634V-1990-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,040 total, 10 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850526030759I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS AND GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED BY ANY MEANS. ALTERNATOR BELT LOOSE, EMERGENCY GEAR INOP.

## Other reports on N6634V (1)

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

- [Incident 19881005054219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881005054219I), Oct 5, 1988: Blanca 1730A (N6634V), Ashland, VA, Minor damage. Landed hard causing nose and main gear to collapse. Minor damage.

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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