# Incident 20060730018089I: Blanca 1731A, Flagstaff, AZ, July 30, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2006, 12:46 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1403° N, 111.6692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAGSTAFF PULLIAM (FLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1403&lon=-111.6692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6556V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6556V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060730018089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON GEAR DOWN SELECTION ON ARRIVAL FOR LANDING AT FLAGSTAFF, AZ (FLG) PILOT STATES HE HAD 2 GREEN LIGHTS (MAINS), NO LIGHTS FOR THE NOSEGEAR, AND THE RED "GEAR UNLOCKED" LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. HE ADVISED THE FLG TOWER AND REQUESTED A FLY BY. THE TOWER ADVISED THEY SAW THE 2 MAIN GEAR, BUT NO NOSE GEAR. HE HAD PLENTY OF FUEL AND ADVISED FLG TOWER THAT HE WOULD LEAVE THE PATTERN TO WORK ON HIS PROBLEM. AFTER GEAR RECYCLING AND COMPLETING THE ABNORMAL/EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, HE RETURNED TO THE PATTERN FOR LANDING. HE DID ONE MORE FLY BY AT WHICH TIME THE TOWER ADVISED THEY NOW SAW 3 LANDING GEAR. UPON LANDING AT FLG, RUNWAY 21, THE NOSE GEAR DID COLLAPSE DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, LEAVING THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, AND CAME TO STOP WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, THE MAINS EXTENDED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED MINOR, WITH NO INJURIES.

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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