# Accident 20031229033329A: Blanca 1730A, Wllington, KS, December 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2003, 11:40 local time
- Place: Wllington, KS
- Airport: Wellington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3244° N, 97.3872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3244&lon=-97.3872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14763, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14763-2006-03-14) (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: 275 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031229033329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED IN NORMAL ATTITUDE PRIOR TO VEERING LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND LEAVING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A CONCRETE STRUCTURE APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS FROM RUNWAY ABOUT MIDFIELD. TIRE MARKS AND WINGTIP MARKS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT'S MOVEMENT TO THE LEFT AFTER LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI04LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA049), Dec 29, 2003: Bellanca 17-30A (N14763), Wellington, KS, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining directional control during the landing roll. Factors were the dry grass and the concrete box he encountered during his excursion off the runway.

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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