# Accident 20051011025169A: Blanca 1730A, Riverside/Rubid, CA, October 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2005, 12:30 local time
- Place: Riverside/Rubid, CA
- Airport: Fla-Bob Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9833° N, 117.4106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9833&lon=-117.4106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14715, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14715-2012-08-30) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 900 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051011025169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT FELT AIRCRAFT PULL TO THE LEFT, PILOT COULD NOT CORRECT FOR LEFT HAND PULL, TRIED TO TAKE OFF BY GOING TO FULL POWER, AIRCRAFT PULLED HARDER TO THE LEFT, WENT ONTO GRASS, IMPACTED A LANDING LIGHT AND AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE. THERE ARE NO SKID MARKS, PLOW MARKS OR ANY INDICATION THAT WHEELS WERE NOT TURNING OR BRAKES WERE LOCKED, TIRES HAD NO FLAT SPOTS AND TURNED FREELY ON INVESTIGATION. BRAKES, WHEELS AND TIRES LOOKED NORMAL. AIRCRAFT PLACED ON JACKS AND FOUND THE NOSE GEAR STEERING PUSH PULL TUBE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE SHEARED AT THE SAFETY WIRE HOLE. LEFT HAND STEERING PUSH PULL TUBE WRAPPED AROUND THE LANDING GEAR STEERING COLLAR. PARTS SENT TO NTSB FOR EVALUATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX06CA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA008), Oct 11, 2005: Bellanca 17-30A (N14715), Riverside, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the steering control rod during an unknown phase of the accident flight that resulted in the unavailability of steering control upon landing.

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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