# Incident 20200423003929I: Bellanca 8KCAB, Sidney, NE, April 23, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2020, 10:00 local time
- Place: Sidney, NE
- Airport: Sidney Municipal Airport/Lloyd
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 102.9850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIDNEY MUNI/LLOYD W CARR FLD (SNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-102.9850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53870, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53870) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-320-E1B (registry code 41926, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-320-e1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-320-E1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 426 total, 17 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200423003929I

## Narrative

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

-PILOT STATED BEING ON CROSS COUNTRY TRIP FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.  THE PILOT OVERNIGHTED IN SIDNEY NEBRASKA.

-PILOT HAD AIRCRAFT SERVICED AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 31 WITHOUT INCIDENT.

-PILOT REPORTED EXECUTING MULTIPLE SATISFACTORY 3 POINT LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 31.

-PILOT CONTINUED TO PRACTICE BY EXECUTING  SEVERAL WHEEL LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 31.

-ON FINAL WHEEL LANDING PASS, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LIGHT BOUNCE WITH A CRUNCH SOUND AND INITIATED A GO AROUND.

-ON DEPARTURE, PILOT NOTED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEG WAS MISSING FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

-LOCAL FBO PERSONNEL NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR LEG ON THE RUNWAY AND RETRIEVED IT.

-LOCAL FBO NOTIFIED EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO STAND BY.

-PILOT EXECUTED A 3 POINT LANDING IN GRASS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 31 AND HELD THE RIGHT WING UP UNTIL AIRSPEED SLOWED  ENOUGH TO ALLOW IT TO TOUCH GROUND.

## Other reports on N53870 (1)

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

- [Accident 19951201039499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951201039499A), Dec 1, 1995: Bbavia 8KCAB (N53870), Alexander City, AL, Substantial damage. Lost power en route. Struck trees trying land on road. Oring diaphragm fuel injector servo leaking. Rich mixture.

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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