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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30 · Cadillac, MI · April 4, 2001

Date: April 4, 2001 · 16:30 local
Place: Cadillac, MI
Airport: Wexford County Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7371V
Reported as: Blanca 1730
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 209 total28 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N7371VRegistered now · Bellanca 17-30S/N 30228 · Built 1969 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) She landed on runway 25 at Cadillac. She was very happy with the landing and thought she could make the first turnoff just past midfield. She put on the brakes and swerved to the left and over corrected and swerved inthe opposite direction. This went on for about 3 cycles until she departed the runway to the right and spun around ending up facing the direction from which she came. Just before departing the runway she realized that she had forgotten to reduce the power to idle.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) SHE LANDED ON RUNWAY 25 AT CADILLAC. SHE WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE LANDING AND THOUGHT SHE COULD MAKE THE FIRST TURNOFF JUST PAST MIDFIELD. SHE PUT ON THE BRAKES AND SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND OVER CORRECTED AND SWERVED INTHE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 3 CYCLES UNTIL SHE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND SPUN AROUND ENDING UP FACING THE DIRECTION FROM WHICH SHE CAME. JUST BEFORE DEPARTING THE RUNWAY SHE REALIZED THAT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN TO REDUCE THE POWER TO IDLE.