20020705016409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30 · Mountain View, AR · July 5, 2002

Date
July 5, 2002 · 21:35 local
Place
Mountain View, AR
Airport
Harry E Wilcox Memorial Field
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6687V
Reported as
Blanca 1730
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
258 total8 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) First landing attempt was hard touchdown, pilot performed go around. Second attempt pilot noticed the nose gear light was not illuminated on final, and pushed landing gear handle down again (hyd system) and the nose gear light illuminated. Upon second touchdown, the nose gear collapsed during landing roll.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT WAS HARD TOUCHDOWN, PILOT PERFORMED GO AROUND. SECOND ATTEMPT PILOT NOTICED THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED ON FINAL, AND PUSHED LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN AGAIN (HYD SYSTEM) AND THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPON SECOND TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL.