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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30 · Hastings, NE · September 13, 2005

Date: September 13, 2005 · 11:01 local
Place: Hastings, NE
Airport: Hastings Municipal
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7338V
Reported as: Blanca 1730
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,200 total1,900 in this make and model

N7338VRegistered now · Bellanca 17-30S/N 30230 · Built 1969 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot of Bellanca N7338V was going to make local flight to check the radio. Owner/pilot stated he did not check for NOTAMS at local airport. Pilot stated he was starting to take off on runway 32 at the Hastings Municipal Airport, Hastings, Nebraska (HSI). From the displaced threshold of the runway, he did not see the yellow "x" indicating the runway was closed. Pilot stated when he did see the markings he could not stop in time. The markings were held in place by bricks, to prevent the wind from blowing the markers out of place. The pilot stated he hit a brick with the nose wheel tire, causing the tire to blow out. Damage was also to the nose wheel trim.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT OF BELLANCA N7338V WAS GOING TO MAKE LOCAL FLIGHT TO CHECK THE RADIO. OWNER/PILOT STATED HE DID NOT CHECK FOR NOTAMS AT LOCAL AIRPORT. PILOT STATED HE WAS STARTING TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 32 AT THE HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA (HSI). FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY, HE DID NOT SEE THE YELLOW "X" INDICATING THE RUNWAY WAS CLOSED. PILOT STATED WHEN HE DID SEE THE MARKINGS HE COULD NOT STOP IN TIME. THE MARKINGS WERE HELD IN PLACE BY BRICKS, TO PREVENT THE WIND FROM BLOWING THE MARKERS OUT OF PLACE. THE PILOT STATED HE HIT A BRICK WITH THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. DAMAGE WAS ALSO TO THE NOSE WHEEL TRIM.