# Incident 20000725028209I: Blanca 1730, Bison, SD, July 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2000, 07:30 local time
- Place: Bison, SD
- Airport: Bison Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5183° N, 102.4678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISON MUNI (6V5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5183&lon=-102.4678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7310V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7310V) (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 IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000725028209I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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