# Incident 20070624023669I: Blanca 1730A, Conchas Dam, NM, June 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2007, 09:00 local time
- Place: Conchas Dam, NM
- Airport: Conchas Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3548° N, 104.1954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conchas Dam, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3548&lon=-104.1954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8847V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8847V) (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 IO520K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 200 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070624023669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 LOCAL ON JUNE 24, 2007, N8847V, A BELLANCA MODEL 17-30A AIRPLANE, SERIAL NUMBER 30359, LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION AT THE CONCHAS AIRPORT (E89) AT CONCHAS, NEW MEXICO WITH NO INJURIES TO THE THREE PERSONS ON BOARD (PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS). THE PILOT REPORTED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR VIA NORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURES. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR VIA EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WITH NO SUCCESS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE DUE TO SUDDEN STOPPAGE, PROPELLER DUE TO STRIKING THE RUNWAY PAVED SURFACE, THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE FUSELAGE AND LANDING GEAR DOORS DUE TO CONTACT WITH AND SKIDDING ON THE RUNWAY PAVED SURFACE. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE SHUTTLE VALVE WAS MALFUNCTIONING PREVENTING THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM FROM OPERATING.

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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