# Accident 20090902015819A: Blanca 1730A, La Grande, OR, September 2, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2009, 08:15 local time
- Place: La Grande, OR
- Airport: La Grande/Union County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2900° N, 118.0069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2900&lon=-118.0069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14786, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14786) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,769 total, 0 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA439](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA439) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090902015819A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 WPR09CA439](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA439), Sep 2, 2009: Bellanca 17-30A (N14786), La Grande, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N14786 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990913027509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990913027509I), Sep 13, 1999: Blanca 1730A (N14786), Madras, OR. (-23) After departure from S33 and reaching approx. 450 feet the aircraft lost engine power. Pilot executed emergency landing into a hay field. No damage to…

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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