# Incident 20000827028389I: Blanca 1730A, Lawrenceville, IL, August 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2000, 12:15 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, IL
- Airport: Lawrenceville-Vincennes International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7643° N, 87.6055° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES INTL (LWV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7643&lon=-87.6055&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8268R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8268R-2003-04-22) (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: 3,100 total, 210 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000827028389I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER TAKEOFF, NOSE GEAR LIGHT INDICATED UNSAFE. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE GEAR AND MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR.  MECHANIC NO GROUND OBSERVED MAIN GEAR EXTENDED BUT NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY DEPLOYED.  ON TOUCH DOWN PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE COWLING.  DAMAGE LIMITED TO PROPELLER BLADES AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING.  INCIDENT NO. IGL190000028.

## Other reports on N8268R (1)

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

- [Accident 20001128043159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001128043159A), Nov 28, 2000: Blanca 1730A (N8268R), Zanesville, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot related he was enroute to zzv for a planned fuel stop on a IFR flight plan. He descended through the clouds, cancelled his IFR flight plan…

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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