# Incident 20170216001299I: Bellanca 17-30A, Lumberton, NJ, February 16, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2017, 13:15 local time
- Place: Lumberton, NJ
- Airport: South Jersey Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9429° N, 74.8457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH JERSEY RGNL (VAY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9429&lon=-74.8457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4058B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4058B-2019-06-17) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170216001299I

## Narrative

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

ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT RECEIVED BY AEA FSDO 17 STATING A DAMAGED AIRCRAFT BEING STORED IN HANGAR AT KVAY, POSSIBLE UNREPORTED INCIDENT/ACCIDENT. AIRCRAFT INSPECTED, FOUND TO HAVE DAMAGE FROM HARD LANDING IN GRASS.  LANDING GEAR DAMAGE, WING LEADING EDGE DAMAGE, AND PROPELLER DAMAGE NOTED ON INITIAL INSPECTION. COMPLAINANT STATED AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT OWNER CONTACTED AND STATED HE GOT CAUGHT IN WINDSHEAR AND LANDED HARD SHORT OF RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT OBLIGATED TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. OWNER STATED THAT THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SALISBURY, MD (SBY) AND THAT THERE WAS 1 PASSENGER ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT TIME OF INCIDENT, NO INJURIES TO ANYONE ON BOARD. OWNER DOES NOT INTEND TO REPAIR AIRCRAFT AT THIS TIME. DAMAGE CLASSIFIED AS MINOR. OBSERVABLE DAMAGE LIMITED TO COLLAPSED LANDING GEAR, DENTED SKIN UNDER WING FROM LANDING GEAR IMPACT, HOLES IN BOTH WING LEADING EDGES, PROPELLER DAMAGE (ALL BLADES) FROM GROUND IMPACT.

## Other reports on N4058B (1)

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

- [Incident 19990409039849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990409039849I), Apr 9, 1999: Blanca 1730A (N4058B), Tifton, GA. Aircraft N4058B made an emergency landing on Georgia highway 82 five miles east of Tifton, Georgia. Aircraft experienced engine failure. Number 2 cylinder…

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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