# Incident 20060108000359I: Blanca 1730A, Medford, OR, January 8, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2006, 17:02 local time
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Medford-Jackson County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3360° N, 122.8518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medford, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3360&lon=-122.8518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1298R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1298R) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060108000359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 8, 2006, DURING A LOCAL FLIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF THE MEDFORD OREGON AIRPORT, THE PILOT OF A BELLANCA SUPER VIKING N1298R NOTICED THE GEAR LIGHT FLICKERING INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT UP AND LOCKED. WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR AND LAND, THE GEAR LIGHTS INDICATED THAT THE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT AND DID NOT GIVE A GEAR "DOWN AND LOCKED" INDICATION. AFTER FOLLOWING ALL OF THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES IN THE PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK, HE REQUESTED PERMISSION TO FLY BY THE TOWER TO CHECK GEAR POSITION. THE TOWER INDICATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR. THE TOWER AGAIN INDICATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE ONLY PARTIALLY DOWN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT APPROXIMATELY 17:02 LOCAL TIME. SHORTLY AFTER LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL HOOK AREA, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR, RIGHT WING TIP AND AILERON. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N1298R (1)

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

- [Accident 19750208001469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750208001469A), Feb 8, 1975: Blanca 1730A (N1298R), Freer, TX, Substantial damage. Oil filler door came open. Plt aborted & lost ctl. Dmgd ldg gr.

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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