# Incident 20020911024059I: Blanca 1730A, Mammoth Lakes, CA, September 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2002, 10:44 local time
- Place: Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Airport: Mammoth - June Lakes
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6244° N, 118.9884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mammoth Lakes, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6244&lon=-118.9884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14709, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14709) (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 IO520K
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 961 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020911024059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A LANDING AT MAMMOTH LAKES, CA AIRPORT THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN WITH ANOTHER TOUCH DOWN WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCING A SIDEWARD LOAD AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED, THEN THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE RUNWAY DAMAGING THE NOSE, PROPELLER AND THE LANDING GEAR. WINDS WERE REPORTED AS100 DEGREES AT 3 KNOTS. THE PILOT HAD LOGGED OVER 900 LANDING IN THIS MODEL OF AIRCRAFT AND HAD LANDED AT HIGH ALTITUDE AIRPORTS AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. HE STATED THAT HE FLEW 5-10 KNOTS FASTER THAN NORMAL ON THIS APPROACH WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONING AND LANDING THE SECOND TIME WITH A GREATER RATE OF DESCENT AND WITH THE SLIGHT YAW RESULTED IN THE GEAR FAILING.

## Other reports on N14709 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880814052979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880814052979I), Aug 14, 1988: Blanca 1730A (N14709), Napa, CA, Minor damage. Smoke in COCKPIT6 after takeoff. Returned part of exhaust system separated. Flames scorched cowl and melted rubber.

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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