# Incident 20140511006929I: Bellanca 17-30A, Lake Anna, VA, May 11, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2014, 10:20 local time
- Place: Lake Anna, VA
- Airport: Lake Anna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9658° N, 77.7459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ANNA (7W4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9658&lon=-77.7459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8227R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8227R) (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: 3,200 total, 10 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/20140511006929I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON FINAL WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.  THE PILOT ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR DOWN SELECTOR AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.  ON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N8227R (3)

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

- [Incident 19930906033019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930906033019I), Sep 6, 1993: Blanca 1730A (N8227R), Benton Harbor, MI, Minor damage. Burning smell and smoke in cockpit after takeoff. Master switch turned off. Landed gear up. Cause undetermined.
- [Incident 19820411014839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820411014839I), Apr 11, 1982: Blanca 1730A (N8227R), South Bend, IN. Landing gear malfunction indication on takeoff. Landing normal. Left wing low. Strut hung up. Wire off squat switch
- [Incident 19790909048739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790909048739I), Sep 9, 1979: Blanca 1730A (N8227R), Purvis, MS, Minor damage. Aircraft struck knoll during rollout on grass strip, collapsing right main gear.

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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