# Incident 19990724026469I: Blanca 14193, Muncie, IN, July 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1999, 12:21 local time
- Place: Muncie, IN
- Airport: Delaware County-Johnson Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2423° N, 85.3959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Delaware County Johnson Field (MIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2423&lon=-85.3959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8866R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8866R-2018-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-3 (registry code 3080106, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14193
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 600 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/19990724026469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 32, WHEN HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO COME DOWN. THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING AND WENT NORTH OF THE AIRPORT TO CYCLE THE GEAR TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.  AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND PITCHING THE NOSE UP TO MOVE THE NOSE GEAR DOWN.  THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN AND LOC IN PLACE.  THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND HAD THE TOWER CONFIRM THE MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.  THE TOWER APPROVED A LANDING ON THE GRASS AREA WEST OF RUNWAY 20.  THE PILOT LANDED ON THE GRASS AREA AND THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE PROPELLER.

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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