# Incident 20200204006569I: Bellanca 17-30A, Elko, NV, February 4, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2020, 09:55 local time
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8250° N, 115.7913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKO RGNL (EKO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8250&lon=-115.7913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4025B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4025B) (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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 250 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200204006569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED PRIOR TO A PLANED FUEL STOP IN ELKO NV HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT ONLY RECIEVED 2 GREEN LIGHTS. HE RECYCLED THE GEAR SELECTOR WITH THE SAME RESULT. HE THEN MANUALLY LOWERED THE GEAR AND DID A FLY BY OF THE AIRPORT. GROUND PERSONNAL REPORTED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSLAGE AND THE PROPELLOR CONTACTED THE GROUND.

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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