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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30 · Bison, SD · July 25, 2000

Date: July 25, 2000 · 07:30 local
Place: Bison, SD
Airport: Bison Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7310V
Reported as: Blanca 1730
Reported engine: Continental IO520D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,800 total20 in the last 90 days

N7310VRegistered now · Bellanca 17-30S/N 30165 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23)This incident occurred during a VFR flight from hot springs, SD to faith, SD. The pilot selected gear down, but did not verify if it was down and locked. The landing gear was in the retracted position when the airplane landed causing minor damage, including a bent propeller. The pilot and passenger were not injured. It was discovered that the landing gear circuit breaker was not set. Tests after the incident found the gear functioned normally. A different propeller was located for the airplane and it was ferried to chadron, NE where an engine teardown in scheduled.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A VFR FLIGHT FROM HOT SPRINGS, SD TO FAITH, SD. THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, BUT DID NOT VERIFY IF IT WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION WHEN THE AIRPLANE LANDED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE, INCLUDING A BENT PROPELLER. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS NOT SET. TESTS AFTER THE INCIDENT FOUND THE GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. A DIFFERENT PROPELLER WAS LOCATED FOR THE AIRPLANE AND IT WAS FERRIED TO CHADRON, NE WHERE AN ENGINE TEARDOWN IN SCHEDULED.