# Incident 20040705012819I: Blanca 1730A, Boulder City, NV, July 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2004, 13:00 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8273R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8273R-2020-07-10) (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: 5,618 total, 119 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040705012819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. COTTON MADE AN APPROACH TO RWY 15 AT BOULDER CITY AIRPORT (61B). THE NOSE-WHEEL BEGAN TO COLLAPSE ABOUT MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. HE HELD THE NOSE OFF AS LONG AS HE COULD, UNTIL IT FINALLY COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED VERY MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8273R (2)

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

- [Incident 19911111056079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911111056079I), Nov 11, 1991: Blanca 1730A (N8273R), Corona, CA, Minor damage. Pilot stated he simply forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19830322040309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830322040309I), Mar 22, 1983: Blanca 1730A (N8273R), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on the landing roll. No defects found. Possible inadverdent retraction by pilot.

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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