# Incident 19970602012229I: Blanca 1730A, Mesquite, TX, June 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1997, 17:57 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Phil L Hudson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7668° N, 96.5992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesquite, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7668&lon=-96.5992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N110WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N110WC-1998-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 177 total, 40 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970602012229I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 01, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1750 CDT, A BELLANCA 17-30A, REGISTRATION N110WC, SERIAL NO. 30354, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT PHIL L. HUDSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MESQUITE, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ACROSS A TAXIWAY AND ROLLED INTO A CULVERT. THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.

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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