# Incident 19880430020729I: Blanca 1413, Parkersburg, WV, April 30, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1988, 20:52 local time
- Place: Parkersburg, WV
- Airport: Wood County Airport Gill Robb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2613° N, 81.5434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parkersburg, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2613&lon=-81.5434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77HL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77HL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-13 (registry code 1201002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435 (registry code 41516, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1413
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 10 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/19880430020729I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL FAILURE EN ROUTE.FAILED TO FULLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. RUSHED LANDING DUE TO DUSK.

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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