# Incident 20010412007479I: Blanca 1730A, Fort Worth, TX, April 12, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2001, 19:00 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1979B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1979B) (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: 330 total, 170 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010412007479I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 14, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 0000Z, A BELLANCA MODEL BL-17-30A AIRPLANE, REGISTRATION NUMBER N1979B, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ LANDED WITH A PARTIAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION FOLLOWING A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT AT MEACHAM AIRPORT IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT OCCUPANTS INCLUDED THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER.  BOTH WERE UNINJURED.  THERE WAS NO POST-CRASH FIRE, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE ^PRIVACY DATA^ HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFIVATE NUMBER, ^PRIVACY D^. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WEATHERFORD, TEXAS AT 1900 CST.

## Other reports on N1979B (1)

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

- [Incident 19810808069989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810808069989I), Aug 8, 1981: Blanca 1730A (N1979B), Chamblee, GA, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed on rollout. Found actuator seal leaking. Fluid drained gear collapsed.

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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