# Incident 19960808027809I: Blanca 1731ATC, Jefferson City, MO, August 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1996, 17:40 local time
- Place: Jefferson City, MO
- Airport: Jefferson City Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5912° N, 92.1561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEFFERSON CITY MEML (JEF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5912&lon=-92.1561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321AM) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960808027809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOTS STATEMENT: AIRCRAFT LANDED ON MAIN GEAR AND BEGAN ROLL OUT, AS NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY MAIN GEAR. INSPECTOR'S FINDINGS/OPINIONS: AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS FOR GEAR CHECK. GEAR WAS OPERATED SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH COMPLETE CYCLES, WITH NO MALFUNCTION. A SMALL HYDRAULIC LEAK IS EVIDENT ON LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE AS HYDRAULIC FLUID HAS BEEN BLOWN BACK FROM WING ROOT DURING FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO LOCAL MECHANIC, THIS LEAK HAS DEVELOPED RECENTLY. THIS LEAK WOULD NOT AFFECT GEAR OPERATION AFTER GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. PROPELLER STRIKES BEGINNING AT 1200' ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE TWO INDIVIDUAL SERIES OF PROPELLER STRIKES PRIOR TO EVIDENCE OF MAIN GEAR DOOR/FLAP SCRAPE MARKS. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS PURCHASED BY THE PILOT APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE PILOT HAD PREVIOUSLY OWNED AND FLEW A F33 BEECH BONANZA. THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAP SWITCHES ARE IN OPPOSITE LOCATIONS ON THE BEECH COMPARED TO THE BELLANCA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION IT WAS NOTED THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB WAS IN THE FULL NOSE "UP" POSITION.

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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