# Incident 20020405006899I: Blanca 1730, Aberdeen, SD, April 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2002, 14:10 local time
- Place: Aberdeen, SD
- Airport: Aberdeen Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4468° N, 98.4224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABERDEEN RGNL (ABR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4468&lon=-98.4224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7359V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7359V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020405006899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS AIRCRAFT A BELLANCA MODEL 17-30 N7359V WAS OPERATED BY LARRY DUANE MITCHELL OF ^PRIVACY DATA^ AND OWNED BY FRANK PFEIFER OF ^PRIVACY DATA^ THIS AIRCRAFT WAS ON A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT FROM O'NEIL, NE TO ALEXANDRIA, MN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED DOWN WIND (9KT) AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND BENT TWO OF THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE MANAGING THE FUEL SYSTEM. DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND LOWER COWL.

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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