# Incident 20101015050299I: Bellanca 17-30A, Galveston, TX, October 15, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2010, 12:10 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes Internantional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8214R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8214R-2021-10-02) (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: BELLANCA 17-30A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 225 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101015050299I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FOR LANDNG. PILOT MADE CONTACT WITH GROUND BASED MECHANIC AND TRIED MULTIPLE  IDEAS AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND GEAR. GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND WITH NORMAL OR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.   GEAR UP LANDING ACCOMPLISHED WITH POST LANDING FIRE.

## Other reports on N8214R (2)

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

- [Incident 20010707014929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010707014929I), Jul 7, 2001: Blanca 1730A (N8214R), Peachtree City, GA, Minor damage. (-23)Landing gear did not retract after take off and nose landing gear collapsed on landing. Propeller struck the runway surfaces.
- [Incident 19780812037799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780812037799I), Aug 12, 1978: Blanca 1730A (N8214R), Seagraves, TX, Minor damage. Pilot ran off end of runway after landing.

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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