# Accident 19990818012659A: Blanca 1730A, Albuquerque, NM, August 18, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1999, 08:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0608° N, 106.6199° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0608&lon=-106.6199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4148B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4148B-2000-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 835 total, 125 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990818012659A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (.19)  ON AUGUST 18, 1999, AT 0800 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELLANCA 17-30A, N4148B, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A WHEELS UP LANDING AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO A POST LANDING FIRE.  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM CORONADO AIRPORT IN ALBUQUERQUE, EARLIER IN THE DAY. (.4) WHILE ON A POSITIONING FLIGHT FROM ONE LOCAL AIRPORT TO ANOTHER, THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED AN ELECTRICAL DISCREPANCY AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM VIA THE MASTER SWITCH.  DURING THE SUBSEQUENT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING, THE ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED LANDING GEAR REMAINED UP DESPITE THE PILOT'S ACTIVATION OF THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP FOLLOWING THE GEAR UP LANDING AND WAS DESTROYED BY POST LANDING FIRE.  THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED. (-23) PILOT REPORTED INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND RECEIVED ATC PERMISS ION TO TURN ELECTRICAL POWER OFF. THE PILOT NEGLECTED TO TURN ON ELECTRICAL POWER FOR THE GEAR EXTENSION OR UTILIZE THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM WHICH RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO A POST LANDING FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN99LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA151), Aug 18, 1999: Bellanca 17-30A (N4148B), Albuquerque, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow published procedures in operating the aircraft. A factor was partial failure of the electrical system.

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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