# Incident 19970218004269I: Blanca 1731ATC, Challis, ID, February 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1997, 12:40 local time
- Place: Challis, ID
- Airport: Challis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5236° N, 114.2179° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHALLIS (LLJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5236&lon=-114.2179&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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 280 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970218004269I

## Narrative

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

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 PROCEEDED TO THE SITE AND FOUND THE AIRCRAFT RESTING ON ITS BELLY SURROUNDED BY A HALF DOZEN AIRPORT TENANTS. AIRPORT WORKERS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING A SLING TO LIFT THE AIRCRAFT. EVERYONE WAS STUNNED THE FAA HAD ARRIVED SO QUICKLY. AFTER A BRIEF WALK AROUND INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, I INTERVIEWED THE PILOT. THE PILOT STATED EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL THROUGH OUT THE FLIGHT AND THE APPROACH WAS UNEVENTFUL. HE STATED HE SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND COMPLETED HIS CHECKLIST. AFTER REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND AS HE CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AND FLARED HE NOTICED THE GEAR LIGHTS WEREN'T ON AND THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS "POPPED." AT THAT SAME TIME THE PROPELLER BEGAN TO STRIKE THE PAVEMENT AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE NOSE TIRE AND MAIN GEAR DOORS AND CAME TO REST MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FLAPS AND MAIN GEAR DOORS. THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEGEAR MOTOR CONTINUING TO RUN AFTER SELECTING UP AND HAD BEEN USING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO TURN THE MOTOR OFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A HANGAR. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED I INSPECTED THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER, WHICH WAS OUT, AND DISCOVERED IT APPEARED TO BE LOOSE AND WORN. THIS CLOSES THIS REPORT, NO FURTHER ACTION.

## Other reports on N36KS (1)

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

- [Incident 19960827030199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960827030199I), Aug 27, 1996: Blanca 1731ATC (N36KS), Arlington, WA, Minor damage. 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…

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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