# Incident 20190209010059I: Bellanca 17-30, Abilene, TX, February 9, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2019, 18:00 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Abilene Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4113° N, 99.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABILENE RGNL (ABI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4113&lon=-99.6819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4888V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4888V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190209010059I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 9, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 CDT, N4888V, A BELLANCA 17-30  LANDED AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT IN ABILENE, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING TAXI.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MEADOWBROOK, COLORADO ON FEBRUARY 9, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY1300 CDT.

## Other reports on N4888V (1)

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

- [Incident 20170921011869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170921011869I), Sep 21, 2017: Bellanca 17-30 (N4888V), Colorado Spring, CO, Minor damage. On 09/21/2017 at 08:35 MDT, N4888V, a Bellanca 17-30 aircraft sustained minor damage during landing on runway 17R at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport. The…

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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