# Incident 20000821017459I: Blanca 1731ATC, El Cajon, CA, August 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2000, 17:37 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1285R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1285R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731ATC
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 575 total, 350 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000821017459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING LANDING, A GUST OF WIND CARRIED THE A/C SIDEWAYS AS HE WAS TOUCHING DOWN, PUTTING A SIDE LOAD ON THE LANDING GEAR. DURING TAXI IN, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT WING FELL, COMING TO REST ON TOP OF THE LEFT WHEEL. DAMAGE TO THE A/C WAS MINIMAL AND THERE WAS NO INJURIES. EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUT WAS MADE AND IT APPEARED THAT THE LOWER SCISSORS ARM HAD BEEN TORN FROM THE STRUT TUBE AT THE WELD, METAL FROM THE STRUT TUBE WITH IT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF WELD FAILURE, METAL FATIGUE, OR CORRISION IN THE AREA OF THE DAMAGE. THE STRUT TUBE APPEARED TO HAVE BROKEN AFTER TURNING 180 DEGREES DURING TAXI. FAILURE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO EXCESSIVE SIDE LOAD ON LANDING GEAR DURING CROSSWIND LANDING.

## Other reports on N1285R (1)

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

- [Accident 19771108036049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771108036049A), Nov 8, 1977: Blanca 1731ATC (N1285R), Lander, WY, Substantial damage. New rwy used for daylight opns only, lights not operational.

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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