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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 17-30A · Bridgeport, TX · July 30, 2011

Date: July 30, 2011 · 17:00 local
Place: Bridgeport, TX
Airport: Bridgeport Municipal
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8220R
Reported as: Bellanca 17-30A
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total2 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N8220RRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2017 · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 30430 · Built 1972 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

On July 30, 2011 at 1700 hours CDT, a Bellanca 17-30A, N8220R, s/n 30430 owned by air capital Nevada, inc., 204 west spear st., carson city NV, 89703 had an incident while on a repositioning flight from Bridgeport Texas (xbp) to camarillo, CA (cma). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed (VMC) and there was no flight plan filed. The aircraft had minor damage during a forced, gear up landing, about a thousand yards east of the Bridgeport airport runway, when the engine lost power shortly after take off. There were no passengers and the pilot received no injuries. The pilot holds an airline transport rating (ATP), commercial rotorcraft-helicopter, airplane single/multiengine land, and instrument ratings. The flight originated at the Bridgeport Municipal Airport, Bridgeport, Texas on July 30, 2011 at approximately 1700 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 30, 2011 AT 1700 HOURS CDT, A BELLANCA 17-30A, N8220R, S/N 30430 OWNED BY AIR CAPITAL NEVADA, INC., 204 WEST SPEAR ST., CARSON CITY NV, 89703 HAD AN INCIDENT WHILE ON A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM BRIDGEPORT TEXAS (XBP) TO CAMARILLO, CA (CMA). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE DURING A FORCED, GEAR UP LANDING, ABOUT A THOUSAND YARDS EAST OF THE BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT RUNWAY, WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS AND THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATING (ATP), COMMERCIAL ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER, AIRPLANE SINGLE/MULTIENGINE LAND, AND INSTRUMENT RATINGS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE BRIDGEPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS ON JULY 30, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CDT.