# Incident 20021016032629I: Blanca 1730A, Houston, TX, October 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2002, 17:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9607E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9607E) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021016032629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAKE OFF ROLL AT APPROXIMATELY 30 KNOTS THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL COVERS AND THE RIGHT WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND LOCKED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO ITS HANGAR.

## Other reports on N9607E (1)

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

- [Incident 19870830061139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870830061139I), Aug 30, 1987: Blanca 1730A (N9607E), Shreveport, LA, Minor damage. The nose gear failed to lock down and collapsed on landing. Nr 2 o ring seal in gear shuttle valve were found out.

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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