# Incident 20180620024519I: Bellanca 17-31ATC, Frankfort, MI, June 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2018, 10:35 local time
- Place: Frankfort, MI
- Airport: Frankfort Dow Memorial Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6252° N, 86.2009° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANKFORT DOW MEML FLD (FKS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6252&lon=-86.2009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14747, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14747) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-31ATC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,950 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180620024519I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 20, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1035 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELLANCA 17-31ATC, N14747, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT LANDED ON RUNWAY 33 WITH GEAR RETRACTED AT THE FRANKFORT, DOW MEMORIAL AIRPORT (FKS) IN FRANKFORT, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS RETURNING FROM A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT TO FRANKFORT AIRPORT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY ON ITS BELLY COMING TO A STOP, IN THE MIDDLE AT APPROXIMATELY 2/3 THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.

WEATHER REPORT AT KFKS AIRPORT AT 1435Z WAS: WIND 230 DEGREES AT 04 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, OVERCAST AT 7000 FEET, TEMPERATURE 20 C, DEW POINT 17 C, AND ALTIMETER 2993.

## Other reports on N14747 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770819028219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770819028219A), Aug 19, 1977: Blanca 1731ATC (N14747), Lexington, KY, Substantial damage

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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