# Incident 20070217002089I: Blanca 14193, Imperial, CA, February 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2007, 14:00 local time
- Place: Imperial, CA
- Airport: Imperial County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8342° N, 115.5787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IMPERIAL COUNTY (IPL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8342&lon=-115.5787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8864R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8864R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-3 (registry code 3080106, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14193
- Reported engine: CONT IO470F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 45 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070217002089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT CALLED TO REPORT THAT HE PERFORMED A PARTIAL WHEEL UP LANDING AT IMPERIAL AIRPORT. HE STATED THERE WERE TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF HE NOTICED AN ABNORMALITY IN THE GEAR RETRACTION. HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR TO INVESTIGATE THE ANOMALY AND THE NOSE WHEEL WOULD NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. HE REPORTS THAT HE FLEW AROUND THE LOCAL AREA FOR TWO HOURS TO BURN OFF FUEL, TO SECURE HELP FROM OTHERS ON THE GROUND VIA THE RADIO AND TO ATTEMPT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE POH ABNORMAL PROCEDURE. HE DETERMINED THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED BUT THE NOSE WHEEL WOULD EXTEND ONLY PARTIALLY. HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 8 AFTER SECURING THE ENGINE AND SHUTTING DOWN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. HE WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE NOSE OFF UNTIL THE ELEVATOR LOST EFFECTIVENESS AND ALLOWED THE NOSE TO SETTLE SOFTLY ONTO THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT FACILITIES. THE BOTTOM OF THE COWL RECEIVED MINOR PAINT SCRATCHES. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ ENLISTED HELP TO PULL DOWN ON THE TAIL TO RAISE THE NOSE AND HE THEN PULLED THE NOSE WHEEL INTO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. HE WAS ABLE TO TAXI BACK TO HIS HANGAR.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.