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Incident · Substantial damage
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FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · College Station, TX · November 25, 1999

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Date
November 25, 1999 · 15:30 local
Place
College Station, TX
Airport
Easterwood Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N28022
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
307 total75 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days
N28022Registered now · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 78-30881 · Built 1978Airframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft had experienced an indicating/mechanical problem with the landing gear upon initial extension of the landing gear prior to landing. The pilot stated that the indicating system for the landing gear showed all three green, (gear safe indication), and at the same time showed a red light (gear unsafe indication). The pilot elected to abort the landing, retract the landing gear, and go around for another approach. Upon extending the landing gear the second time there were three green lights with no red light, this indicated a safe gear down indication. The main wheels touched down uneventfully but when the nose gear touched down, the aircraft veared sharply and uncontrollably to the left. The aircraft departed the runway approximately 150 feet from the touch down point and traveled approximately 300 fee before coming to rest. All three landing gear collapsed due to side loads and uneven terrain. There were no injuries. This type of incident/accident has occurred to this type of aircraft several times according to NTSB data bases. privacy data omitted privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED AN INDICATING/MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE LANDING GEAR UPON INITIAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE INDICATING SYSTEM FOR THE LANDING GEAR SHOWED ALL THREE GREEN, (GEAR SAFE INDICATION), AND AT THE SAME TIME SHOWED A RED LIGHT (GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION). THE PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE LANDING, RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR, AND GO AROUND FOR ANOTHER APPROACH. UPON EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR THE SECOND TIME THERE WERE THREE GREEN LIGHTS WITH NO RED LIGHT, THIS INDICATED A SAFE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN UNEVENTFULLY BUT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEARED SHARPLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE TOUCH DOWN POINT AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 300 FEE BEFORE COMING TO REST. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO SIDE LOADS AND UNEVEN TERRAIN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT/ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED TO THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT SEVERAL TIMES ACCORDING TO NTSB DATA BASES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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