# Incident 20090920017619I: Blanca 1730A, Odessa, TX, September 20, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2009, 15:45 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Airport: Odessa-Schlemeyer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9214° N, 102.3871° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ODESSA-SCHLEMEYER FLD (ODO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9214&lon=-102.3871&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8234R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8234R-2019-10-05) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,179 total, 442 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090920017619I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON SEPTEMBER 20,, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1545 CDT, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON N8234R, A BELLANCA 17-30A, UPON LANDING ROLL OUT ON RUNWAY 02, AT ODESSA SCHLEMEYER (ODO) IN ODESSA, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT SLIDE FOR APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET DOWN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, THE UNDERSIDE FUSELAGE AND MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED, THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND AND LOCK NORMALLY.  THERE WERE NOT INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8234R (1)

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

- [Accident 20171006016139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171006016139A), Oct 6, 2017: Bellanca 17-30A (N8234R), Sweetwater, TX, Destroyed. On October 6, 2017, at 1345 CDT, a Bellanca, model 17-30A, bearing registration number N8234R, hit a tree and impacted terrain in a field nw of Sweetwater…

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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