# Incident 19960827030199I: Blanca 1731ATC, Arlington, WA, August 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1996, 10:35 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1608° N, 122.1590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (AWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1608&lon=-122.1590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36KS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36KS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731ATC
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1E5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 45 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960827030199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 27, 1996, AIRCRAFT WAS IN RIGHT PATTERN TO RUNWAY 16 AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. ON BASE LEG TO FINAL, ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE PATTERN AND CUT OFF THE BELLANCA. PILOT OF BELLANCA DECIDED TO GO LEFT TO GRASS STRIP ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 16 AND LAND ON GRASS. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF INTERSECTING TAXIWAY AND DIP IN THE GRASS STRIP AT TAXIWAY. HE POWERED UP AIRCRAFT FOR GO AROUND, BUT MAIN WHEELS STRUCK KNOLL IN GRASS STRIP ACROSS FROM TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT MADE SUCCESSFUL TAKEOFF, PILOT CYCLED LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS UP, GEAR AND FLAPS CAME UP WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS. PILOT MADE GO AROUND, EXTENDED GEAR, GEAR CAME DOWN WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS. HE LINED UP ON RUNWAY 16 AGAIN AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING. ON LANDING ROLL OUT, WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, AIRCRAFT LEANED AND ROTATED LEFT. WHEN AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY, PILOT NOTICED LEFT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND LOWER STRUT HAD BROKEN OFF. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM RUNWAY AND PLACED IN HANGAR A14. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED BOTH LANDING GEAR STRUTS WERE BENT OUTBOARD AND THE LEFT LOWER STRUT WAS BROKEN OFF ALL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE CONFINED TO LANDING GEAR. DURING INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION OR AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE, AND THE OWNER DID NOT KNOW WHERE THEY WERE.

## Other reports on N36KS (1)

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

- [Incident 19970218004269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970218004269I), Feb 18, 1997: Blanca 1731ATC (N36KS), Challis, ID, Minor damage. Narrative: after meeting with one of our operators, inspector russ graves and myself were informed an aircraft had just landed with the landing gear up. We…

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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