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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Chicago/Wheelin, IL · March 18, 1989

Date: March 18, 1989 · 12:00 local
Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N28055
Reported as: Blanca 1730A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,650 total1,400 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N28055Registered now · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 79-30961 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Nose gear unsafe light. Tow bar hanging from wheel. Returned. Landed with gear up. Forgot to remove bar.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. TOW BAR HANGING FROM WHEEL. RETURNED. LANDED WITH GEAR UP. FORGOT TO REMOVE BAR.