# Incident 19920917041879I: Blanca 1730A, Wakefield, VA, September 17, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1992, 11:05 local time
- Place: Wakefield, VA
- Airport: Wakefield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9872° N, 77.0011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAKEFIELD MUNI (AKQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9872&lon=-77.0011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N179TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N179TW) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920917041879I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. APPEARS PROBLEM WITH THE OVER CENTER NOSE GEAR DEVICE WHICH LOCKS GEAR DOWN. ON LANDING ROLLOUT LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WITHOUT PROP STRIKE NOR DID WING TOUGH THE RUNWAY. MINOR LEFT WIND DAMAGE CAUSED BY TRUCK PERSON CLEARING RUNWAY. UPPER STRUT HOUSING P/N 194280-50 WAS FOUND CRACKED AT WELDED AREA.

## Other reports on N179TW (1)

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

- [Incident 19990130012469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990130012469I), Jan 30, 1999: Blanca 1730A (N179TW), Melfa, VA, Minor damage. On landing rollout left landing gear collapsed without prop strike nor did wing touch the runway. Minor left wing damage caused by truck person clearing…

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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