# Incident 20000611020779I: Blanca 1730A, Bullhead City, AZ, June 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2000, 12:50 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin/Bullhead Internation
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93623, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93623) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 537 total, 85 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000611020779I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER LANDING AT BULLHEAD CITY AIRPORT, THE A/C EXITED THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 16 INTO THE DIRT/SAND. ONCE THE NOSE WHEEL ENTERED THE DIRT/SAND AREA, IT SANK THE DIRT/SAND CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLASP AND STRIKING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N93623 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790428025159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790428025159I), Apr 28, 1979: Blanca 1730A (N93623), Baja, Mexico, Minor damage. Right main gear damaged by sideload during landing.

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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