# Accident 20020115001749A: Blanca 1730, Plainview, TX, January 15, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2002, 18:00 local time
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Airport: Hale County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1896° N, 101.7200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1896&lon=-101.7200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7388V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7388V-2004-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020115001749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED UNDER VMC CONDITIONS RIGHT AT DUSK WHEN THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT UNDER SHOT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE. BECAUSE OF THE SHORT LANDING THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR CAUGHT THE RAISED EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE CENTER LINE SUFFERING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (.4) ON JANUARY 15, 2002, AT 1800 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BELLANCA 17-30 AIRPLANE, N7388V, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT UNDERSHOT THE RUNWAY WHILE LANDING AT THE HALE COUNTY AIRPORT, PLAINVIEW, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MORENO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, MADE A FUEL STOP IN ST. JOHNS, ARIZONA, AND WAS DESTINED FOR PLAINVIEW. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE SET UP FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 (5,997' X 100'). THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SET UP THE APPROACH SO THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD TOUCH DOWN ON THE NUMBERS. FOLLOWING A "NORMAL PATTERN," THE P ILOT FLARED THE AIRPLANE AND IT LANDED 12 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE LIP AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE THEN SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY ALONG THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND CAME TO A STOP UPRIGHT. THE FAA INSPECTOR, WHO EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE, STATED THAT THE FUSELAGE, RIGHT WING SPAR, AND ALL THREE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY, SUNSET AND THE END OF CIVIL TWILIGHT, FOR PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, OCCURRED AT 1749 AND 1817, RESPECTIVELY.

## 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 FTW02LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA069), Jan 16, 2002: Bellanca 17-30 (N7388V), Plainview, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain the proper glidepath, which resulted in landing short of the runway.

## Other reports on N7388V (2)

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

- [Incident 19900724028289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900724028289I), Jul 24, 1990: Blanca 1730 (N7388V), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Minor damage. Gear unsafe light after takeoff. Unable to extend or retract gear. Landed with gear partially down.
- [Accident 19750317005129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750317005129A), Mar 17, 1975: Blanca 1730 (N7388V), Santa Ana, CA, Substantial damage. Battery weak,plt propped eng. Wife,non-plt,at ctls. Acft hit PA-24,N9080P,substl dmg.

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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