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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 17-30A · Albany, NY · May 31, 2016

Date: May 31, 2016 · 15:00 local
Place: Albany, NY
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N28073
Reported as: Bellanca 17-30A
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,385 total120 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N28073Registered now · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 79-30917 · Built 1979 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

05/31/2016 A balanca B-17 N28073 while landing at Albany international airport (alb)bounced upon landing then made a hard left turn into the grass then again onto taxiway. The aircraft taxied to the ramp under its own power. The pilot indicated just at touchdown the aircraft was hit by a wind gust and forced the aircraft off the runway. The pilot indicated upon taxiing to the ramp the aircraft experienced no vibrations and the brake system operated normally. The aircraft was examined by a maintenance facility on the field and extensive damage to the nose landing gear was determined. Aircraft awaiting repairs.

As the FAA filed it

05/31/2016 A BALANCA B-17 N28073 WHILE LANDING AT ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ALB)BOUNCED UPON LANDING THEN MADE A HARD LEFT TURN INTO THE GRASS THEN AGAIN ONTO TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP UNDER ITS OWN POWER. THE PILOT INDICATED JUST AT TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY A WIND GUST AND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT INDICATED UPON TAXIING TO THE RAMP THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED NO VIBRATIONS AND THE BRAKE SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED BY A MAINTENANCE FACILITY ON THE FIELD AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DETERMINED. AIRCRAFT AWAITING REPAIRS.