# Incident 20140907017109I: Bellanca 17-31A, Castroville, TX, September 7, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2014, 15:00 local time
- Place: Castroville, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3623° N, 98.8548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Castroville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3623&lon=-98.8548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20PB-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-31A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 66 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/20140907017109I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 HOURS, A BELLANCA 17-31A, N20PB OWNED BY JERRY SPENCER AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED GEAR UP AT KCVB - CASTROVILLE, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.   VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, STUDENT RATED, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN CASTROVILLE ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 AT 14:00 HOURS.

## Other reports on N20PB (1)

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

- [Incident 19880419019539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880419019539I), Apr 19, 1988: Blanca 1731A (N20PB), Denver, CO. Trailing smoke on takeoff. Returned to land. Mechanic advised pilot to lean mixture for density altitude takeoff.

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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