# Incident 20220520012689I: Bellanca 17-31A, Sulpher, OK, May 20, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2022, 16:02 local time
- Place: Sulpher, OK
- Airport: Sulphur Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5270° N, 96.9902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SULPHUR MUNI (F30), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5270&lon=-96.9902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14746, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14746) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-31A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 469 total, 349 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220520012689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS CONDUCTING OPERATIONAL CHECKS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD COMPLETED IT ANNUAL INSPECTION IN SULFER, OK. HE STATED THAT ON THE FIRST FLIGHT HE NOTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH, AND THAT ON LANDING THE BRAKE SEEMED SLUGGISH. MAINTENANCE WAS PERFOMED TO ADDRESS THE PILOTS OBSERVATIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN ON A SECOND FLIGHT AROUND THE PATTERN. DURING THAT FLIGHT THE PILOT DESCRIBED THAT ON FLIGHT, THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING A RICH "MIXTURE", HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE RICH MIXTURE AS HE MADE THE APPROACH TO LANDING AND FORGOT TO PLACE THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.

## Other reports on N14746 (2)

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

- [Incident 20130918020359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130918020359I), Sep 18, 2013: Bellanca 17-31A (N14746), Mesa, AZ, No damage. Landing gear got stuck half way down on approach. Pilot was able to get them all the way down and landed without incident.
- [Incident 20060521017339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060521017339I), May 21, 2006: Blanca 1731A (N14746), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. (-23) Departed henrietta, OK (KF10) for bethany, OK (kpwa). Nose gear did not indicate safe. Upon arrival at kpwa pilot contacted tower and asked for a visual…

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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