# Incident 19851206066359I: Blanca 1730, Santa Rosa, CA, December 6, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1985, 18:45 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4405° N, 122.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4405&lon=-122.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4934V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4934V-2019-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851206066359I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION BEFORE DIVERSION. HEAVY HYDRAULIC LEAK IN GEAR SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N4934V (1)

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

- [Incident 19810417026159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417026159I), Apr 17, 1981: Blanca 1730 (N4934V), Novato, CA, Minor damage. Engine quit on downwind. Unable to start after switching tanks.

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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