# Incident 20160819018049I: Bellanca 17-30A, Topeka, KS, August 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2016, 12:15 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Billard Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9525E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9525E) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 367 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160819018049I

## Narrative

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

ON A SOFT FIELD LANDING SET UP SEQUENCE, WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE THIRD GREEN (NOSE GEAR) DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  ON A SUBSEQUENT TOWER FLY BY, THE TOWER OBSERVED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN AND THE MAIN GEAR ABOUT 45 DEGREES DOWN.  AFTER CIRCLING THE FIELD FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS, UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

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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