# Incident 19961108042969I: Blanca 1730A, North Platte, NE, November 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1996, 18:30 local time
- Place: North Platte, NE
- Airport: Lee Bird Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1256° N, 100.7498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Platte, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1256&lon=-100.7498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9693E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9693E-2021-10-02) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 100 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961108042969I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL. BENT FORK 90 DEGREES INDICATES HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N9693E (1)

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

- [Accident 20190423003319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190423003319A), Apr 23, 2019: Bellanca 17-30A (N9693E), Henderson, KY, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Henderson county airport manager, while performing a runway clearance check 6AM April 24, 2019, located a 1976 Bellanca 17-30A aircraft that had crashed nose…

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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