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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 17-30A · Llano, TX · April 30, 2022

Date: April 30, 2022 · 12:35 local
Place: Llano, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N373LE
Reported as: Bellanca 17-30A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 60 total14 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N373LERegistered now · Bellanca 17-30AS/N 73-30530 Airframe modelBellanca 17-30A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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April 30, 2022 at 1235 CDT, aircraft bearing registration number N373LE, while landing, made contact with runway and veered of into the grass causing the nose and LH main landing gear to collapse. Visual meteorlogical conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The airman was not injured. FAA onsite investigation revealed the nose gear, left main gear and the belly skin were damaged.

As the FAA filed it

APRIL 30, 2022 AT 1235 CDT, AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N373LE, WHILE LANDING, MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY AND VEERED OF INTO THE GRASS CAUSING THE NOSE AND LH MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRMAN WAS NOT INJURED. FAA ONSITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR, LEFT MAIN GEAR AND THE BELLY SKIN WERE DAMAGED.