# Incident 19881005054219I: Blanca 1730A, Ashland, VA, October 5, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1988, 14:40 local time
- Place: Ashland, VA
- Airport: Hanover County Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7089° N, 77.4366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANOVER COUNTY MUNI (OFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7089&lon=-77.4366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6634V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6634V-1990-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,643 total, 6 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881005054219I

## Narrative

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

LANDED HARD CAUSING NOSE AND MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE. MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N6634V (1)

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

- [Incident 19850526030759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850526030759I), May 26, 1985: Blanca 1730A (N6634V), Bloomington, IL, Minor damage. Electrical power loss and gear could not be extended by any means. Alternator belt loose, emergency gear inop.

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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