20050521010709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Moab, UT · May 21, 2005

Date
May 21, 2005 · 10:45 local
Place
Moab, UT
Airport
Canyonlands Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N14680
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
320 total150 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot states he was on a cross country flight in his Bellanca viking, N14680, from santa fe, NM (saf) to Canyonlands field near Moab, UT (cny). He stated the weather was clear with light winds. He said he was landing the aircraft and pulled back on the controls and heard the stall warning horn. He felt he may have let his airspeed get low, which caused the stall warning horn. He further said the aircraft landed hard and bounced and he then let the nose of the aircraft come down causing the nose gear to strike the runway. A mechanic at Canyonlands field inspected the aircraft and stated the nose gear fork was bent slightly, and that there was no other apparent damage to the aircraft. No injuries. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATES HE WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT IN HIS BELLANCA VIKING, N14680, FROM SANTA FE, NM (SAF) TO CANYONLANDS FIELD NEAR MOAB, UT (CNY). HE STATED THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS. HE SAID HE WAS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT AND PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROLS AND HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN. HE FELT HE MAY HAVE LET HIS AIRSPEED GET LOW, WHICH CAUSED THE STALL WARNING HORN. HE FURTHER SAID THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED AND HE THEN LET THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT COME DOWN CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. A MECHANIC AT CANYONLANDS FIELD INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND STATED THE NOSE GEAR FORK WAS BENT SLIGHTLY, AND THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^