# Incident 20001007016659I: Blanca 1730A, Wall Lake, IA, October 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2000, 19:15 local time
- Place: Wall Lake, IA
- Airport: Wall Lake Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2624° N, 95.0907° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Wall Lake Municipal Airport (3Y0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2624&lon=-95.0907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6601V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6601V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-K (registry code 17238, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001007016659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT CLAIMED HE POSSIBLY STRUCK A BIRD ON FINAL APPROACH. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP. SMALL PIECES WERE FOUND UNDER THE APPROACH AREA. ICE0120010003.

## Other reports on N6601V (2)

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

- [Incident 20031106032509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031106032509I), Nov 6, 2003: Blanca 1730A (N6601V), Bentonville, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On November 6, 2003, at 1345 CST, a Bellanca aircraft, N6601V, operated by Mr. Robert coil on an IFR flight plan from vbt to ski, while taxiing for take…
- [Incident 19810815058239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810815058239I), Aug 15, 1981: Blanca 1730A (N6601V), Graham, TX, Minor damage. Za Private field landing. Not properly maintained. Struck trees. Damaged gear and wing.

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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