# Incident 20011114029799I: Blanca 1731A, Bristol-Johnson, TN, November 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2001, 18:00 local time
- Place: Bristol-Johnson, TN
- Airport: Tri-City Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5951° N, 82.1887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bristol, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5951&lon=-82.1887&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6636V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6636V) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011114029799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT ON TAKEOFF AND ALL ATTEMPTS TO RETRACT FAILED. HE CONTINUED HIS TRIP BUT DIVERTED TO TRI-CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT, SINCE THEY HAD A TOWER AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. HE RECEIVED AN UNSAFE INDICATION ON THE NOSE GEAR AFTER NORMAL AND EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES FAILED. A FLYBY NEAR THE TOWER WAS MADE AND INITIAL INDICATIONS FROM THE TOWER WAS ALL THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN, BUT ON LANDING AFTER HOLDING OFF THE NOSE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN THE PROP HITTING THE TARMAC, ALTHOUGH HE CUT THE MIXTURE PRIOR TO IMPACT. WHEN THE NOSE WAS LIFTED UP BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ALSO RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING AND FLAPS.

## Other reports on N6636V (1)

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

- [Incident 19940316013329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940316013329I), Mar 16, 1994: Blanca 1730A (N6636V), Muscle Shoals, AL, Minor damage. Narrative: local flight, 2nd landing on runway 29 at 5:30 pm. During rollout, aircraft made an abrupt left turn, and pilot was unable to control the aircraft.…

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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