# Accident 20090611014459A: Blanca 1419, Columbia, CA, June 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2009, 12:20 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0303° N, 120.4144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0303&lon=-120.4144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6561N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6561N-2015-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19 (registry code 3080102, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C (registry code 41517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435a-0-435c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1419
- Reported engine: LYC O435*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 581 total, 110 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA290) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090611014459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT ON LANDING TOUCHDOWN (RUNWAY 17 AT O22) WITH A LIGHT WIND FROM THE RIGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALIGNED WITH THE CENTER LINE AND AT PROPER SPEED WHEN IT VEERED VIOLENTLY LEFT.  HE APPLIED FULL RIGHT PEDAL AND BRAKE WITH HIS HAND CONTROL AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED HARD TO THE LEFT.  THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE INCLUDED THE LEFT WING TIP, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LINKAGE, LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND LOWER SURFACE PUNCTURES.  THIS IS A WOOD WING AIRPLANE.  SLIGHT SCUFFING OF THE LEFT VERTICAL STABILIZER, BOTTOM SURFACE FABRIC.  THE LEFT FLAP WAS DAMAGED AS WELL.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED AND VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE PILOT HAD BEEN ISSUED A STATEMENT OF DEMONSTRATED ABILITY DUE TO THE LOSS OF HIS RIGHT LEG AND HAD THE RUDDER PEDALS MODIFIED TO COMPENSATE FOR THIS CONDITION.  HE USED HAND CONTROLS FOR THE RIGHT BRAKE.

## 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 WPR09LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA290), Jun 11, 2009: Bellanca 14-19 (N6561N), Columbia, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear drag link as a result of overstress fracture. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel's failure to detect a small crack in the left main…

## Other reports on N6561N (1)

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

- [Incident 19881003064799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881003064799I), Oct 3, 1988: Blanca 1419 (N6561N), Oxnard, CA, Minor damage. Gear indicated normal. Gear collapsed on landing. Jacked up and extended. Changed prop. Flew without ferry permit.

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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