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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30 · Georgetown, DE · March 25, 1987

Date: March 25, 1987 · 16:30 local
Place: Georgetown, DE
Airport: Sussex County
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8777V
Reported as: Blanca 1730
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 309 total33 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8777VRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2025 · Bellanca 17-30S/N 30181 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30

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.

Aircraft was landed with the gear up. Pilot neglected to position gear for landing.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. PILOT NEGLECTED TO POSITION GEAR FOR LANDING.