# Incident 19900113007309I: Blanca 1730A, Salinas, CA, January 13, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1990, 14:00 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Airport: Salinas Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6624° N, 121.6072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINAS MUNI (SNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6624&lon=-121.6072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39894, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39894-2018-04-12) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 504 total, 361 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900113007309I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET NOSE GEAR DOWN SAFE LIGHT. LANDED WITH MAINS DOWN AND NOSE GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N39894 (1)

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

- [Accident 20170301020539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170301020539A), Mar 1, 2017: Bellanca 17-30A (N39894), Carson, NV, Destroyed. Airplane was placed in long term storage on 10 jan 2010 3337.0 hobbs Airplane was removed from long term storage on 1 may 2014 3337.3 hobbs Annual was signed…

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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