# Incident 20050419008379I: Blanca 1730A, Jacksonville, FL, April 19, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28078, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28078) (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: 3,000 total, 200 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/20050419008379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 19, 2005 A U.S. CIVIL REGISTERED AIRCRAFT N28078, A BELLANCE 17-30, SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, RIGHT MAIN GEAR, AND RIGHT WING TIP AFTER THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT ALL THREE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT INDICATED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED TO IDLE AND FLAPS WERE EXTENDED FULLY. INSPECTION OF COCKPIT FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT REVEALED GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE WAS DOWN.

## Other reports on N28078 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810315021539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810315021539I), Mar 15, 1981: Blanca 1730A (N28078), Plainview, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing due to no fluid in reservoir. Reservoir had a crack in casing.

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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