# Incident 19980128005049I: Blanca 1730A, Ames, IA, January 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1998, 13:30 local time
- Place: Ames, IA
- Airport: Ames Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9920° N, 93.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AMES MUNI (AMW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9920&lon=-93.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9606E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9606E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-K (registry code 17238, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,165 total, 695 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980128005049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. JOHNSON LANDED ON RUNWAY 19 AT AMES, IOWA. WIND WAS 250 DEGREE AT 7 KNOTS. WHEN NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF RUNWAY. NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT OR PROP. THE NOSE STRUT WAS BENT AND DRAG BRACE WAS OVER CENTERED. COULD NOT DETERMINE WHEN DAMAGE TO DRAG BRACE ACTUALLY HAPPENED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N9606E (1)

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

- [Incident 20241010015879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241010015879I), Oct 10, 2024: Bellanca 17-30A (N9606E), Buckeye, AZ, Minor damage. The pilots spent one hour in the pattern at kbxk on October 8, 2024. They practiced seven take offs, landings, and taxi-backs. The landing gear worked…

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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