# Incident 20030727024669I: Blanca 14192, Visalia, CA, July 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2003, 22:10 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9805B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9805B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Downer BELLANCA 14-19-2 (registry code 3080114, https://openairdocs.org/model/downer-bellanca-14-19-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14192
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,086 total, 230 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030727024669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING NIGHT LANDINGS AND WAS MAKING WHAT WAS PLANNED HIS LAST LANDING. HAD MADE SEVERAL NORMAL THREE POINT LANDINGS SUCCESSFULLY, NAD LASTLY PERFORMED A NO-FLAP WHEEL LANDING. APPROACH SPEED WAS HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS. PILOT SAW THE GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT COME ON SIGNALLING OVER CENTER POSITION OF THE GEAR AND THEN RELEASED THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE VALVE. MADE A SMOOTH WHEEL LANDING BUT MOMENTS LATER THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE AND THE PROP STRUCK THE PAVEMENT WITH THE ENGINE POWER AT IDLE.

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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