# Incident 20140325004989I: Bellanca 17-30A, Patterson, LA, March 25, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2014, 13:30 local time
- Place: Patterson, LA
- Airport: Harry P Williams Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7095° N, 91.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRY P WILLIAMS MEML (PTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7095&lon=-91.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93568, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93568-2015-05-20) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 250 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/20140325004989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT IN A CROSSWIND WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO SUCH HEAVY SIDE LOADING.

## Other reports on N93568 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930607020319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930607020319I), Jun 7, 1993: Blanca 1730A (N93568), Macon, GA, Minor damage. Unsafe gear warning after departure. Emergency landing at Macon. Gear collapsed on rollout.
- [Incident 19831002066259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831002066259I), Oct 2, 1983: Blanca 1730A (N93568), Titusville, PA, Minor damage. Aircraft struck a deer with its right propeller on landing. The deer had bolted into aircrafts path.

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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