# Incident 20030208001229I: Blanca 1730A, Savannah, GA, February 8, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2003, 12:42 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28177, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28177) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030208001229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRPLANE WAS IN ANNUAL INSPECTION IN GREENSBORO, GA. PILOT FLEW IT TO SAV AND COULD NOT GET A SAFE INDICATION ON THE NOSE GEAR WHEN EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. PERFORMED A FLY BY THE TOWER WHICH CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. DECLARED EMERGENCY AFTER FOLLOWING PRODEDURES FOR SUCH A SITUATION AND CUT OFF THE MIXTURE ON SHORT FINAL. THE PROP CONTINUED WINDMILLING AND STRUCK THE PAVEMENT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FULLY COLLAPSED. PILOT SUSPECTS BLOW DOWN FEATURE.

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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