# Incident 20021202037359I: Blanca 14193, St Joseph, MO, December 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2002, 19:30 local time
- Place: St Joseph, MO
- Airport: Rosecrans Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7719° N, 94.9097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSECRANS MEML (STJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7719&lon=-94.9097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7990A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7990A-2022-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-3 (registry code 3080106, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14193
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 8 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021202037359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. FITCH WAS PILOT IN COMMAND ON THE FLIGHT FROM JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS, TO MARYVILLE, MISSOURI. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED FOR LANDING, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE MAIN GEAR WERE ILLUMINATED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT. AT THAT TIME HE NOTED THAT THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE GAUGE READ ZERO. ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR WITH THE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, AND MADE A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT REVEALED HYDRAULIC FLUID ON THE FIREWALL AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURE. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT A HYDRAULIC LINE TO THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR FAILED, PUMPING ALL THE HYDRAULIC FLUID OVERBOARD. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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