# Incident 19881218069229I: Blanca 1730A, Westhampton Bea, NY, December 18, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1988
- Place: Westhampton Bea, NY
- Airport: Suffolk County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8070° N, 72.6451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westhampton Beach, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8070&lon=-72.6451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N379SV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N379SV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881218069229I

## Narrative

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

GEAR EXTENDED AND HE THOUGHT HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS. ON TOUCHDOWN PROP HIT RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR WAS PARTLY DOWN.

## Other reports on N379SV (1)

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

- [Incident 19930809034699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930809034699I), Aug 9, 1993: Blanca 1730A (N379SV), Westhampton Bea, NY, Minor damage. Pilot waited too late to lower landing gear. Gear collapsed on landing rollout.

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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