# Incident 20070609825129I: Blanca 1730A, St Paul, MN, June 9, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2007, 10:53 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Downtown Holman Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9346° N, 93.0604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PAUL DOWNTOWN HOLMAN FLD (STP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9346&lon=-93.0604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26732, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26732) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,306 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070609825129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 14. THE RIGHT HAND FLAP CONTACTED THE 8 FOOT 8 INCH HIGH APPROACH LIGHTS LOCATED AT STATION 600, WHICH IS 600 FEET PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. WEATHER DATA AT 1553Z WAS 21012G19KT 10SM CLR 24/04 A3002

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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