# Incident 20201228021749I: Bellanca 17-30A, Bryce Canyon, UT, December 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2020, 18:00 local time
- Place: Bryce Canyon, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6283° N, 112.1677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bryce Canyon, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6283&lon=-112.1677&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28064, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28064) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201228021749I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 25, 2020, N28064 SUSTAINED A POSSIBLE TAIL STRIKE WHILE DEPARTING FROM THE BRYCE CANYON AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN FLEW DIRECT TO AND LANDED AT THE KLAS AIRPORT AND TAXIED TO THE SIGNATURE AVIATION FBO.  THE REPORT FOR THIS EVENT, WAS RECEIVED BY THE LAS FSDO AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 PST (AFTER NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AND WAS ON THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AS WELL).  THE EVENT WAS ASSIGNED ON 12/28, 2020 HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT HAD ALREADY BEEN FLOWN TO PLAINVIEW, TX ON 12/26/2020.  THIS WAS AFTER THE PILOT HAD CONTACTED AN FAA CERTIFICATED A&P MECHANIC PROVIDING HIM WITH THE DETAILS OF THE EVENT AND PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT.  IT WAS AGREED BY BOTH THE PILOT AND THE A&P MECHANIC THAT DAMAGE WAS COSMETIC AND THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE SAFELY FLOWN WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.

## Other reports on N28064 (1)

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

- [Incident 19831129073309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831129073309I), Nov 29, 1983: Blanca 1730A (N28064), Sioux Falls, SD, Minor damage. Landed at night in snow covered area between runway and taxiway. One row of runway lights snow covered.

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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