# Incident 20200709015389I: Bellanca 17-30A, Goldsby, OK, July 9, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2020, 15:15 local time
- Place: Goldsby, OK
- Airport: David Jay Perry Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1551° N, 97.4704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID JAY PERRY (1K4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1551&lon=-97.4704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4165B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4165B) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,800 total, 259 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200709015389I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT/OWNER OF THIS AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WILEY POST AIRPORT(PWA) OKC,OK. AFTER AN ADS-B INSTALLATION. THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO HIS HOME AIRPORT, (1K4). THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE PATTERN FOR LANDING RUNWAY 13 AND COMPLETED HIS PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST AND OBSERVED THE GEAR DOWN INDICATOR. THE PILOT STATED A NORMAL FINAL APPROACH WAS EXECUTED UNTIL TOUCHDOWN. IT WAS AT THIS POINT HE REALIZED THE GEAR APPARENTLY RETRACTED. THE PILOT STATED THE TOUCHDOWN WAS FAIRLY SMOOTH AND NEARLY ON CENTERLINE. NO POST LANDING FIRE ENSUED, MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE INBOARD SECTIONS OF THE FLAPS, BELLY AND PROPELLER TIPS. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT THE BOTH FLAP AND GEAR HANDLE WERE FOUND IN THE DOWN POSITION. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO THE HANGAR A GEAR RETRACTION/EXTENSION TEST WAS PERFORMED BY A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC. IT WAS AT THIS TIME AN INTERMITTENT SQUAT SWITCH WAS FOUND, INITIALLY PREVENTING RETRACTION. AFTER A FEW ACTUATIONS OF SWITCH IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMAL. IT IS UNDETERMINED ON THIS SWITCH'S ABILITY TO INTERFERE WITH GEAR EXTENSION, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

## Other reports on N4165B (1)

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

- [Incident 19790519027239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790519027239I), May 19, 1979: Blanca 1730A (N4165B), Montpelier, VT, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear before landing.

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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