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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 1730A · El Reno, OK · May 4, 1997

Date: May 4, 1997 · 13:00 local
Place: El Reno, OK
Airport: El Reno Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N93603
Reported as: Blanca 1730A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,100 total130 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: local flight and upon landing, pilot lowered the gear and did not get any green lights. After several attempts, the pilot used the emergency extension and the gear lowered and pilot landed. Upon roll out, the right gear folded under and the aircraft came to rest on the grass. Damage to right flap and right gear door. Cause of gear failure - gear motor relay, p/n khpical, came loose in the socket.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: LOCAL FLIGHT AND UPON LANDING, PILOT LOWERED THE GEAR AND DID NOT GET ANY GREEN LIGHTS. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE PILOT USED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION AND THE GEAR LOWERED AND PILOT LANDED. UPON ROLL OUT, THE RIGHT GEAR FOLDED UNDER AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE GRASS. DAMAGE TO RIGHT FLAP AND RIGHT GEAR DOOR. CAUSE OF GEAR FAILURE - GEAR MOTOR RELAY, P/N KHPICAL, CAME LOOSE IN THE SOCKET.