# Incident 19970801020539I: Blanca 1730A, Midland, TX, August 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1997, 09:50 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8789V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8789V-2018-02-15) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970801020539I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RUNWAY AFTER LANDING. (-23) AFTER HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 10 AT MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 200 YARDS NORTH OF THE RUNWAY. MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8789V (2)

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

- [Incident 20140425006679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140425006679I), Apr 25, 2014: Bellanca 17-30A (N8789V), Irran, TX, Minor damage. On April 25, 2014, at 1445 CDT, a 1970 Bellanca BL-17-30A aircraft bearing registration number N8789V, registered to a private owner, struck a tree after…
- [Incident 19950316006999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950316006999I), Mar 16, 1995: Blanca 1730A (N8789V), Slaton, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot indicated the aircraft started turning hard left on landing roll. The airplane left the runway to the left and the left main gear and 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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