# Incident 20001021031949I: Blanca 1731A, Kennewick, WA, October 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Kennewick, WA
- Airport: Vista Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2186° N, 119.2100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Vista Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2186&lon=-119.2100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8820V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8820V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001021031949I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED AND STAYED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO CONDUCT TOUCH AND GOES. DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING HE ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WINDS ALOFT BUT THE WINDSOCK HE OBSERVED WAS NEAR CALM.  DURING THE SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED.  HE STATED HE ELECTED TO NOT GO AROUND BECAUSE OF THE SHORT DISTANCE ON THE RUNWAY.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE WHEEL, PROPELLER, AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT.  THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N8820V (1)

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

- [Incident 20021127033049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021127033049I), Nov 27, 2002: Blanca 1731A (N8820V), Durango, CO, Minor damage. (-23) After takeoff aircraft was not climbing well so pilot executed a precautionary landing in field.

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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