# Incident 20130520008859I: Bellanca 17-30A, Pendleton, OR, May 20, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2013, 15:51 local time
- Place: Pendleton, OR
- Airport: Eastern Oregon Regional At Pendlet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6951° N, 118.8434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERN OREGON RGNL AT PENDLETON (PDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6951&lon=-118.8434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39806, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39806) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 428 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130520008859I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE HAD PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS FLYING IT BACK TO HIS HOME.  WHEN THE PIC LANDED FOR A FUEL STOP IN RIVERTON, WY HE SAID THE NOSE GEAR LANDING LIGHT FLICKERED AND WENT OUT WHILE HE WAS TAXIING INTO THE RAMP.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED A LINKAGE IN THE NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN AND WELDED IT BACK TOGETHER.

THE PIC CONTINUED HIS FLIGHT WESTBOUND AND MADE A SECOND STOP IN JACKSON HOLE, WY BECAUSE OF WEATHER.  THE PIC SAID WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO TAKEOFF FROM JACKSON HOLE; THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN.  THE PIC SAID MAINTENANCE LOOK AT IT AND DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS.

THE PIC CONTINUED HIS FLIGHT TO PENDLETON, OR LANDING ON RUNWAY 7.  AFTER LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED VEERING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT 4,000 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N39806 (3)

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

- [Incident 20010630018349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010630018349I), Jun 30, 2001: Blanca 1730A (N39806), Cedar Rapids, IA, Minor damage. (-23) Upon approach to cid airport, pilot lowered landing gear. The landing gear indication light for the nose showed that it was down and locked, the other…
- [Incident 19910712033599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910712033599I), Jul 12, 1991: Blanca 1730A (N39806), Marion, IA, Minor damage. Engine failed on climbout. Aircraft continued straight ahead and landed in a field.
- [Incident 19910423018239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910423018239I), Apr 23, 1991: Blanca 1730A (N39806), Marion, IA, Minor damage. On simulated engine failure landing the nose gear retracted. Found gear handle in up position.

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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