# Incident 20010713022499I: Blanca 1730A, Hobbs, NM, July 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2001, 16:56 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Airport: Lea County-Hobbs Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7305° N, 103.1614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hobbs, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7305&lon=-103.1614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6604V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6604V) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,743 total, 45 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010713022499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED AT HOBBS, NM AND ON ROLL-OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A FAULTY NOSE DOWN AND LOCKED SWITCH.

## Other reports on N6604V (1)

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

- [Accident 19740903028879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740903028879A), Sep 3, 1974: Blanca 1730A (N6604V), Morton, TX, Substantial damage. Acft l MLG strk pckup trk on rd off end of rnwy. Cont apch & lnd.

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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