# Incident 20031128032469I: Blanca 1731ATC, New Orleans, LA, November 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2003
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39889, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39889) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731ATC
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031128032469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NEW ON RUNWAY 36L AT APPROXIMATELY 1950Z, PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED AIRCRAFT ON 36L. UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N39889 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870703043139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870703043139I), Jul 3, 1987: Blanca 1731ATC (N39889), Addison, TX. Aircraft slowly lost power en route. Safe off airport landing made. Magnetos had deteriorated.

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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