# Incident 20140610018249I: Bellanca 17-30, Fort Worth, TX, June 10, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2014, 11:15 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4893V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4893V-2014-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140610018249I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN FOR A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT FOLLOWING AVIONICS WORK THAT WAS PERFORMED BY FIELD TECH AVIONICS. THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE CHECK FLIGHT BY  AN AVIONICS TECH WITH FIELD TECH. NORMAL PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION PERFORMED. (CONFIRMED AN AIRWORTHINESS RELEASE AND LOG ENTRY FOR MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BY FIELD TECH).

NORMAL TAKEOFF AND GEAR RETRACTION. MX FLIGHT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AN WAS COMPLETED SATISFACTORILY. WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN ON APPROACH INTO MEACHUM THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT DISPLAY ANY GREEN DOWN/LOCKED INDICATIONS NOR ANY RED UNSAFE GEAR INDICATIONS. THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR SELECTOR WITH NO CHANGE. THE PILOT REQUESTED A TOWER FLY BY AND WAS TOLD NO GEAR WAS OBSERVED IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT EXITED THE LANDING PATTERN, FLEW TO A SAFE AREA AND PERFORMED THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SHOWED BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED BUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT INDICATE SAFE. THE PILOT PERFORMED A FEW PORPOISE MANEUVERS TO TRY AND EXTEND GEAR. A SECOND TOWER FLY BY WAS PERFORMED AND THEY INDICATED TO THE PILOT ALL THREE GEAR LOOKED FULLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT RE-ENTERED THE PATTERN, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AS A PRECAUTION. HE STATED THE GREEN NLG DOWN/LOCKED LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS BUT WENT BACK OUT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. LANDING WAS NORMAL BUT THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED ON ROLLOUT. THE PILOT HAD SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AT APPROX 40' ALTITUDE AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE 3 BLADE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY, AND SLIGHT BOTTOM FUSELAGE DAMAGE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING SET UP TO LIFT THE LMG FOLDED SLOWLY WITH THE AIRCRAFT RESTING ON THE LEFT WING.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELOCATED TO BRODIE'S MAINTENANCE FOR REPAIR. REQUESTED A FINDINGS REPORT.

## Other reports on N4893V (3)

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

- [Incident 19790225007519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790225007519I), Feb 25, 1979: Blanca 1730 (N4893V), La Crosse, WI, Minor damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to get too low on approach. Struck snowbank.
- [Incident 19780711043289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780711043289I), Jul 11, 1978: Blanca 1730 (N4893V), Battle Creek, MI, Minor damage. Pilot ran a tank dry. Engine quit. Did not respond after switching tanks. Pilot failed to use boost pump.
- [Accident 19740805034709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740805034709A), Aug 5, 1974: Blanca 1730 (N4893V), Sandusky, OH, Substantial damage

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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