# Incident 19970917026879I: Blanca 1731ATC, San Carlos, CA, September 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1997, 17:18 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4134B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4134B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731ATC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 900 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970917026879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER HE MADE A MODERATELY HARD LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED OFF INTO THE WESTSIDE INFIELD AND CONTINUED ON FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND LEFT FLAP. THE AIRCRAFT ALSO HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT. MARKS ON THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT AND ROCKS KICKED UP ONTO THE RUNWAY WOULD INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND SUFFERED LEFT MAIN DAMAGE AT THAT POINT. NO PILOT DEVIATION. NO 8020-11 GENERATED. A COPY OF THIS REPORT WAS SUPPLIED TO SAN JOSE FSDO OPERATION UNIT. THIS TERMINATES THE INVESTIGATION AND THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4134B (1)

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

- [Accident 20090306003939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090306003939A), Mar 6, 2009: Blanca 1731ATC (N4134B), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft, while landing at bfl, touched down at the threshold, then made an uncontrolled swerve to the left. The aircraft exited the 150' wide runway,…

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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