# Incident 19850924064759I: Blanca 1730A, Wheeler, TX, September 24, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1985, 10:40 local time
- Place: Wheeler, TX
- Airport: Wheeler
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4511° N, 100.1999° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHEELER MUNI (T59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4511&lon=-100.1999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14732, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-K (registry code 17238, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total, 76 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850924064759I

## Narrative

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

DURING TURN TO TAXI BACK ON RUNWAY, RIGHT MAIN WHEEL WENT INTO WET SAND.AREA WASHED OUT BY RAIN ON PRECEDING DAY.

## Other reports on N14732 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820624070319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820624070319I), Jun 24, 1982: Blanca 1730A (N14732), Del Norte, CO, Substantial damage. Tried to take off downwind at high density altitude. Failed to out climb rising terrain. Wheels up impact.

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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