# Accident 20080911845279A: Blanca 1730, St Petersburg-, FL, September 11, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2008, 23:44 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9100° N, 82.6875° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9100&lon=-82.6875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4757V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4757V-2009-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080911845279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 9 ST PETERSBURG AIRPORT, WIND REPORTED 120 AT 10.  AFTER TOUCH DOWN A STRONG GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT BECAME AIRBORNE AND THEN SLAMMED TO THE GROUND ROTATING 90 DEGREES AND TEARING THE LANDING GEAR OUT FROM UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING RUNWAY 9 AND THE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  BOTH OCCUPANTS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE FUSELAGE WAS TWISTED, BOTH WINGS SUSTAINED DAMAGE, LANDING GEAR SEPARATED, PROP BENT, COWLING DAMAGED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA08LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA195), Sep 12, 2008: Bellanca 17-30 (N4757V), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper use of a supplemental cockpit lighting during approach.

## Other reports on N4757V (1)

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

- [Incident 19930813040109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930813040109I), Aug 13, 1993: Blanca 1730 (N4757V), Old Town, ME, Minor damage. Pilot did not check to see if gear was down. Landed gear up.

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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