# Incident 19910716065739I: Blanca 1731ATC, Plainview, TX, July 16, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1991, 10:00 local time
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Airport: Hale County Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1681° N, 101.7173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALE COUNTY (PVW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1681&lon=-101.7173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39883, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39883-2012-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731ATC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910716065739I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. DIVERTED TO PLAINVIEW. NOSE GEAR SNAPPED INTO LOCKED POSITION ON FINAL.

## Other reports on N39883 (1)

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

- [Accident 19921109045709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921109045709A), Nov 9, 1992: Blanca 1731ATC (N39883), Dublin, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Struck a pole and burned descending at night IFR to locate airport. No approach facility. Pole off side of runway.

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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