# Incident 20140425006679I: Bellanca 17-30A, Irran, TX, April 25, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2014, 14:50 local time
- Place: Irran, TX
- Airport: Airport Name
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8789V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8789V-2018-02-15) (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: 2,583 total, 58 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140425006679I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 25, 2014, AT 1445 CDT, A 1970 BELLANCA BL-17-30A AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N8789V, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, STRUCK A TREE AFTER LANDING ON AN UNVERIFIED AIRPORT LOCATED ON THE OASIS RANCH, LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTH OF IRAAN, TEXAS, IN TERRELL COUNTY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ALPINE, TEXAS (E38) ON APRIL 25, 2014 AT 0815 CDT.

## Other reports on N8789V (2)

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

- [Incident 19970801020539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970801020539I), Aug 1, 1997: Blanca 1730A (N8789V), Midland, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft ran off runway after landing. (-23) after hard landing on runway 10 at Midland International Airport, pilot lost directional control and veered off…
- [Incident 19950316006999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950316006999I), Mar 16, 1995: Blanca 1730A (N8789V), Slaton, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot indicated the aircraft started turning hard left on landing roll. The airplane left the runway to the left and the left main gear and nose…

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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