19971028046359I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Belen, NM · October 28, 1997

Date
October 28, 1997 · 18:45 local
Place
Belen, NM
Airport
Alexander Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4109B
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Reported engine
Continental IO520K
Pilot’s flight hours
490 total239 in this make and model42 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.

(-23) Airman holm attempted a landing at Belen, NM, at night, under VFR conditions. The aircraft had excess airspeed on final, after touch down, it became airborne again, and porpoised on the nose wheel, which did collapse. The aircraft then veered off the runway and damaged the propeller and engine cowl.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRMAN HOLM ATTEMPTED A LANDING AT BELEN, NM, AT NIGHT, UNDER VFR CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXCESS AIRSPEED ON FINAL, AFTER TOUCH DOWN, IT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, AND PORPOISED ON THE NOSE WHEEL, WHICH DID COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE COWL.

Other reports on N4109B · 2

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