# Incident 19991214036309I: Blanca 1730, Lubbock, TX, December 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1999, 12:39 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4700V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4700V-2010-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 438 total, 258 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991214036309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 14, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:39 LOCAL, MR. ROBERT EDWARD WALKER; OWNER AND OPERATOR ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF A BELLANCA AIRCRAFT BL-17-30 WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER N4700V, INADVERTENTLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR, MAKING A WHEELS UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 35L AT LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LUBBOCK, TEXAS.

## Other reports on N4700V (1)

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

- [Accident 20040810019349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040810019349A), Aug 10, 2004: Blanca 1730 (N4700V), Austin, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Plane starved for fuel on ILS-17L approach to Austin bergstrom international and pilot attempted to recover by switching tanks, and then using fuel…

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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