# Accident 20010413008169A: Blanca 1731A, Hobbs, NM, April 13, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2001, 14:24 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Airport: Lea County-Hobbs Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 32.6873° N, 103.2175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6873&lon=-103.2175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93737, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93737-2016-02-17) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010413008169A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 13, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1240 MOUNTAIN DATLIGHT TIME, A BELLANCA 1731A, N93737, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE LANDING AT LEA CO-HOBBS AIRPORT, HOBBS, NEW MEXICO. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THIS PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AT THE MOMENT OF FLAIR/TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 21, THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ONTO ITS LEFT LANDING GEAR.  THE RIGHT WING ROSE UP AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY JUST PAST TAXIWAY "B". THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE MONENTARILY, CROSSES RUNWAY 26 AND SETTLED DOWN ON RUNWAY 30, SKIDDING ACROSS RUNWAY 30 AND COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS TO THE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 30 ADJANCENT TO TAXIWAY "B1".  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS, AND BUCKLING OF THE EMPENNAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA086), Apr 13, 2001: Bellanca 1731A (N93737), Hobbs, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during flare/landing.

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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