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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Spruce Pine, NC · April 2, 1992

Date: April 2, 1992 · 15:12 local
Place: Spruce Pine, NC
Airport: Avery Morrison
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4103B
Reported as: Blanca 1730A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 832 total400 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N4103BRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 75-30746 · Built 1974 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.

Pilot made a hard landing in gusty winds. Struck runway with right gear. Veered off runway. Both gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING IN GUSTY WINDS. STRUCK RUNWAY WITH RIGHT GEAR. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. BOTH GEAR COLLAPSED.