# Incident 20010416010719I: Blanca 1730A, Ruidoso, NM, April 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Sierra Blanca Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4609° N, 105.5301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIERRA BLANCA RGNL (SRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4609&lon=-105.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9732E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9732E) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 5 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/20010416010719I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 04/16/01, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 MDT, N9732E, A BL-17-30A, A BELLANCA SUPER VIKING, WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO'S AT SIERRA BLANCO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SRR), RUIDOSO, NM. THE PILOT WAS ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND AFTER ROTATION, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 6.  THE PIC AND HIS 1 PASSNEGER RECEIVED NO INJURES.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT MINIMAL.  VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE REPORT CALM.

## Other reports on N9732E (1)

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

- [Incident 19801120087079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801120087079I), Nov 20, 1980: Blanca 1730A (N9732E), Plainview, TX, Minor damage. Airplane started pulling to right when nosewheel touched runway on landing. Struck runway light with prop.

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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