# Incident 20170312002649I: Bellanca 17-30A, Buhl, ID, March 12, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2017, 16:30 local time
- Place: Buhl, ID
- Airport: Buhl Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5974° N, 114.8006° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUHL MUNI (U03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5974&lon=-114.8006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1971V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1971V) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 55 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170312002649I

## Narrative

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

RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM PILOT MONDAY-MARCH 13, 2017 THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A GEAR-UP LANDING AT BUHL, IDAHO (U03) AT 1630 MDT ON SUNDAY MARCH 12, 2017. PILOT REPORTED HE WAS CONDUCTING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS TO BECOME CURRENT IN AN AIRPLANE HE HAD NOT FLOWN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. PILOT SAID HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED APPROXAMATELY 12 TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS WHEN THE EVENT OCCURRED. PILOT SAID HE HAD A GREEN LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION UPON LANDING GEAR EXTENSION ON DOWNWIND LEG.

INSPECTED AIRCRAFT WEDNESDAY-MARCH 15, 2017. ACCOMPANIED BY 1 OTHER OPERATIONS INSPECTOR AND 2 AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS. ALL AIRCRAFT AND PILOT DOCUMENTATION IN ORDER.

AIRCRAFT WAS ON JACK STANDS WHEN WE ARRIVED. CONDUCTED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF NORMAL, AUTO-AXTION & EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEMS-ALL NORMAL.

LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCHES REPLACED RECENTLY, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL WIRING ANOMALY AS BOTH OWNER AND PILOT VERBALIZED.

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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