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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 17-30A · Melbourne, FL · April 10, 2012

Date
April 10, 2012 · 19:19 local
Place
Melbourne, FL
Airport
Melbourne International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9612E
Reported as
Bellanca 17-30A
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft made normal maain gear first touchdown, when nose gear lowered to runway the aircraft veered toward the right. Full left pedal had no effect. Aircraft exited the runway. The nose gear dug into the grass and then nose collapsed. Damage to nose gear, and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT MADE NORMAL MAAIN GEAR FIRST TOUCHDOWN, WHEN NOSE GEAR LOWERED TO RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TOWARD THE RIGHT. FULL LEFT PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT. AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE GRASS AND THEN NOSE COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, AND PROPELLER.