# Incident 19870402026559I: Blanca 1730, Ketchikan, AK, April 2, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1987, 16:26 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3541° N, 131.7112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN INTL (KTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3541&lon=-131.7112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6667V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6667V-2013-04-24) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870402026559I

## Narrative

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

THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF.  A HYDRAULIC SEAL RUPTURED.

## Other reports on N6667V (2)

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

- [Incident 20070806018769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070806018769I), Aug 6, 2007: Blanca 1730 (N6667V), Pueblo, CO, Minor damage. (-23) On August 6, 2007 at approximately 1400 MDT, N6667V, a Bellanca model BL-17-30 experienced a right hand landing gear collapse after leaving runway 17 at…
- [Incident 19970620022299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970620022299I), Jun 20, 1997: Blanca 1730 (N6667V), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Flight instruction insurance purpose check out. Right tire blew on landing veered off runway. Struck runway sign.

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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