# Incident 19900415016309I: Blanca 1730, Boulder, CO, April 15, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1990, 18:30 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER MUNI (BDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7316V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7316V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900415016309I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT. NOSE GEAR COLLPASED ON ROLLOUT. BELL CRANK ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF AT ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N7316V (1)

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

- [Accident 19770208002479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770208002479A), Feb 8, 1977: Blanca 1730 (N7316V), Newport News, VA, Substantial damage. Acft lurched forward aftr eng start. Hit C-175,N7904T & PA22,N4557A,both subst dmg.

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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