# Accident 20000324043539A: Blanca 1730A, Staunton-Waynes, VA, March 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2000, 16:15 local time
- Place: Staunton-Waynes, VA
- Airport: Shenandoah Valley Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3595° N, 78.7394° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3595&lon=-78.7394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N146Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N146Q-2001-12-05) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 13 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000324043539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER A LOCAL FLIGHT THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER RETURNED TO SHD AIRPORT FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 23. PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND WITNESSES ON THE GROUND DESCRIBED THE APPROACH AS A LITTLE LONG, HOWEVER, SOMEWHAT NORMAL. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT AND THEN LEFT, RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY OVER AN EMBANKMENT DOWN A HILL AND THROUGH A FENCE, AND CAME TO REST IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE OUTER THIRD SECTION OF THE LEFT WING WAS MISSING, RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE MAJOR DAMAGE, THE RIGHT LANDING TORQUE LINK FAILED, ALLOWING THE WHEEL TO TURN 90 DEGREES, AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED HE MAY HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING ROLLOUT.

## 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 IAD00LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA028), Mar 24, 2000: Bellanca B17-30A (N146Q), Shenandoah, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control during landing roll-out. A factor was the pilot's lack of total experience.

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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