# Incident 20110730017669I: Bellanca 17-30A, Bridgeport, TX, July 30, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2011, 17:00 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, TX
- Airport: Bridgeport Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1740° N, 97.8284° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRIDGEPORT MUNI (XBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1740&lon=-97.8284&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8220R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8220R-2017-09-26) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110730017669I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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