# Incident 19861230076619I: Blanca 1730, St Joseph, MO, December 30, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1986, 12:00 local time
- Place: St Joseph, MO
- Airport: Rosecrans Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7719° N, 94.9097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSECRANS MEML (STJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7719&lon=-94.9097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6574V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6574V) (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: 2,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861230076619I

## Narrative

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

INADVERTANT RETRACTION OF GEAR DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL.

## Other reports on N6574V (2)

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

- [Incident 19780823047739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780823047739I), Aug 23, 1978: Blanca 1730 (N6574V), Burlington, VT, Minor damage. Nose gear only partially extended for landing. Unable to extend manually. Collapsed on rollout. Powerpack 195633
- [Accident 19770902025779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770902025779A), Sep 2, 1977: Blanca 1730 (N6574V), Newburg, NY, Substantial damage. Nose gear bushing p/n 194329 was badly elongated.

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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