# Incident 20160531009189I: Bellanca 17-30A, Albany, NY, May 31, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2016, 15:00 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6657° N, 73.7984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6657&lon=-73.7984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28073, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28073) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,385 total, 120 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160531009189I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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