# Incident 20040925031859I: Blanca 1730A, Waseca, MN, September 25, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2004, 13:50 local time
- Place: Waseca, MN
- Airport: Waseca Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0735° N, 93.5529° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Waseca Municipal Airport (ACQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0735&lon=-93.5529&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8277R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8277R-2018-01-09) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 501 total, 400 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925031859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ AND HIS SON, A PASSENGER DEPARTED CRYSTAL AIRPORT (MIC), ROBBINSDALE, MN. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT CAME ON. UPON RETRACTION OF THE GEAR, HE DID NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR RUNNING THROUGH HIS HEAD PHONES. HE NAVIGATED TO CLEAR CLASS B AIRSPACE AND HEADED TOWARD WASECA, MN AIRPORT (ACQ), HIS PLANNED DESTINATION. HE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES HOPING THE LANDING GEAR WOULD WORK. NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE POPPED. HE TRIED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR PROCEDURE. HE FEELS THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND FULLY. UPON LANDING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. MINOR DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND THE PROPELLER TIPS. ON SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR POWERPACK AS INOPERATIVE. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR MOVED FREELY BY HAND AND LOCKED DOWN. THE COCKPIT INDICATOR LIGHTS WORKED WITH 3 GREEN LIGHTS FOR DOWN AND 1 AMBER TRANSET LIGHT. THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PLACARD WAS IN PLACE. THE MANUAL EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDLE ON THE HYDRAULIC POWERPACK WORKED.

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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