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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Blanca 17-30A · La Grande, OR · September 2, 2009

Date
September 2, 2009 · 08:15 local
Place
La Grande, OR
Airport
La Grande/Union County
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N14786
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR09CA439
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,769 total0 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During landing on runway 16 the pilot touched down just about 10 ft short of the runway threshold. The aircraft bounced and landed just left of the center line of the runway. The left main landing gear went off the runway about 280 ft from the threshold. The aircraft had completely left the runway at 570 ft and struck a runway reflector with the nose gear. The aircaft traveled across taxiway "b" and continued into the grass making a left turn. The aircraft continued to turn left, started to slide and came to a stop with a heading of approximately 330 degrees. During the slide the right main gear collapsed, the right wing was damaged, the propeller struck the ground and the nose gear was bent to the left. The distance traveled from touchdown to stop was approximately 1435 ft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN JUST ABOUT 10 FT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND LANDED JUST LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WENT OFF THE RUNWAY ABOUT 280 FT FROM THE THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT HAD COMPLETELY LEFT THE RUNWAY AT 570 FT AND STRUCK A RUNWAY REFLECTOR WITH THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCAFT TRAVELED ACROSS TAXIWAY "B" AND CONTINUED INTO THE GRASS MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN LEFT, STARTED TO SLIDE AND CAME TO A STOP WITH A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 330 DEGREES. DURING THE SLIDE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, THE RIGHT WING WAS DAMAGED, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT TO THE LEFT. THE DISTANCE TRAVELED FROM TOUCHDOWN TO STOP WAS APPROXIMATELY 1435 FT.

NTSB investigation

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