# Incident 19990731027059I: Blanca 1413, Dowagiac, MI, July 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1999, 08:30 local time
- Place: Dowagiac, MI
- Airport: Dowagiac Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9929° N, 86.1283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOWAGIAC MUNI (C91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9929&lon=-86.1283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74260, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74260-2012-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-13 (registry code 1201002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1413
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A4150*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 60 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990731027059I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT THINK LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. PILOT THEN RECYCLED LANDING GEAR. AFTER SECOND ATTEMPT AT EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR, PILOT LANDED AND GEAR COLLAPSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N74260 (2)

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

- [Accident 20110801016649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110801016649A), Aug 1, 2011: Bellanca 14-13 (N74260), Stoughton, WI, Destroyed. At approximetly 0900 on August 1, 2011 aircraft N74260 a Bellanca model 14-13 departed runway 1 at Matson airfield in Stoughton Wisconsin. Shortly after take…
- [Incident 19980712043509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980712043509I), Jul 12, 1998: Blanca 1413 (N74260), Dowagiac, MI, Minor damage. (-5)Pilot forgot to put gear down.

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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