# Incident 20000210002389I: Blanca 1730A, Visalia, CA, February 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2000, 14:45 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8843V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8843V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- Pilot flight hours: 770 total, 255 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000210002389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 2/10/2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1445, THE COMMERCIAL PILOT OPERATING BELLANCA 17-30A, N8843V, UNDER FAR PART 91, DEPARTED RW32 VISALIA, CA (VIS) DURING CLIMB, EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DISCHARGE.  THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND TURNED BACK TO VIS.  THE EMERGENCY GEAR LEVER WAS USED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  UPON LANDING ON RW32, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS.  MAINTENANCE CONDUCTED, LANDING GEAR RETRACTION TESTS, NO CAUSE DETERMINED.

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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