20010417007719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-31A · Marietta, OK · April 17, 2001

Date: April 17, 2001 · 17:30 local
Place: Marietta, OK
Airport: Mcgehee Catfish Restaurant
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6563V
Reported as: Blanca 1731A
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540G1B5
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 230 total90 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N6563VRegistration cancelled Feb 18, 2003 · Bellanca 17-31AS/N 32-19 · Built 1969 Airframe modelBellanca 17-31A Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

(-23)The nose wheel of N6563V collapsed as it passed over a road that crosses the grass runway at the mcgeehee Catfish Restaurant airport. The aircraft continued to travel on the runway for about eight hundred feet before coming to a stop. All three blades of the prop were bent aft. The lower engine cowl was damaged and the right half of the nose wheel was broken. The bottom surface of the right elevator had a tear in the fabic, that appeared new.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE NOSE WHEEL OF N6563V COLLAPSED AS IT PASSED OVER A ROAD THAT CROSSES THE GRASS RUNWAY AT THE MCGEEHEE CATFISH RESTAURANT AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRAVEL ON THE RUNWAY FOR ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. ALL THREE BLADES OF THE PROP WERE BENT AFT. THE LOWER ENGINE COWL WAS DAMAGED AND THE RIGHT HALF OF THE NOSE WHEEL WAS BROKEN. THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE RIGHT ELEVATOR HAD A TEAR IN THE FABIC, THAT APPEARED NEW.