# Incident 20120316005869I: Bellanca 17-30A, Marysville, OH, March 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2012, 19:15 local time
- Place: Marysville, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2184° N, 83.3451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marysville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2184&lon=-83.3451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34MD-2025-09-06) (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: 100 total, 19 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120316005869I

## Narrative

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

ON 04/10/2012 THE PILOT RELATED THE FOLLOWING ABOUT THE LANDING ON 03/16/2012 AT MRT. HE WAS DOING PERSONAL FLYING WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON THE EVENING OF FRIDAY 3/16/2012. ON THE APPROACH TO THE LANDING, HE SAW GREEN, TOUCHED DOWN, FELT THE LEFT TOUCH AND THE RIGHT TOUCH AND THEN FOLD AND THEN THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED SKIDDING OFF TO THE RIGHT INTO THE GRASS. ON 04/09/2012, THE OBSERVED DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOORS, THE ENGINE RIGHT EXHAUST STACK WAS BENT , THE PROPELLER WAS OFF THE AIRCRAFT BEING REPAIRED. THE CONDITION/STATUS OF THE ENGINE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

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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