# Incident 20210822013879I: Bellanca 17-31ATC, Muskegon, MI, August 22, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2021, 10:46 local time
- Place: Muskegon, MI
- Airport: Muskegon County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1677° N, 86.2354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUSKEGON COUNTY (MKG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1677&lon=-86.2354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39828, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31ATC (registry code 1220437, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31atc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-31ATC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 779 total, 80 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210822013879I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 AT 1046 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELLANCA BL-17 AIRCRAFT, N39828, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT LANDED GEAR UP AT MUSKEGON COUNTY AIRPORT (MSG).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT AND HIS 1 PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE MUSKEGON COUNTY AIRPORT (MSG) AT APPROXIMATELY 1009.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32. UPON RECEIVING LANDING CLEARANCE HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION.  HE FAILED TO NOTICE THE THREE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. HE SAID THE SUN COMING IN MADE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WERE ACTUALLY ILLUMINATED.  THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICE THAT A CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTROLLING HIS GEAR RELAY WAS POPPED. HE PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AS NORMAL ASSUMING HIS GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 32 TURNED 90 DEGREES FROM CENTER LINE. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED FROM STRIKING THE GROUND AS WELL AS THE LANDING GEAR DOORS. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT INBOARD FLAPS AND WING ROOT TRAILING EDGES.

ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO ITS HANGAR AT MKG, THE POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS NOTICED AND RESET. THE LANDING THEN FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

WEATHER REPORT AT MSG AIRPORT AT 1055 UTC WAS: WIND OUT OF THE NE AT 5 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, PARTLY CLOUDY, TEMP 80 DEW POINT 66 AND ALTIMETER 29.99.

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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