# Incident 20140918018769I: Bellanca 17-31A, Alabaster, AL, September 18, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2014, 17:22 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101MV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101MV-2023-01-16) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,978 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140918018769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 AND BECAME DISTRACTED BY OTHER AIRCRAFT TRANSMITTING PATTERN POSITION REPORTS ON CTAF.  PILOT ADMITS HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.

## Other reports on N101MV (1)

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

- [Incident 19851013068199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851013068199I), Oct 13, 1985: Blanca 1731A (N101MV), Alabaster, AL, Minor damage. During flare realized no safe gear light. Horn did not sound. Landed gear up. No discrepancy in gear system.

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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