19890528032939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Pittsburgh, PA · May 28, 1989

Date
May 28, 1989 · 15:00 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Allegheny County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N279SV
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Reported engine
Continental IO520K
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
419 total44 in this make and model44 in the last 90 days

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.

Unable to retract gear. Returned. Aircraft skidded sideways. Left gear drag link mount failed and wheel turned.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR. RETURNED. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED SIDEWAYS. LEFT GEAR DRAG LINK MOUNT FAILED AND WHEEL TURNED.