20221213018299I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 17-31A · Sarasota Braden, FL · December 13, 2022

Date
December 13, 2022 · 13:36 local
Place
Sarasota Braden, FL
Airport
Sarasota/Bradenton International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N73KP
Reported as
Bellanca 17-31A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,005 total

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

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was on approach 3 miles out from Sarasota airport (srq). The pilot selceted gear down and no gear indications were present. Pilot contacted Sarasota tower to confirm if the gear was down and the tower advised the pilot that the gears were not down. The pilot aborated the landing and did a go around to work on the gear issue. The pilot preformed the emergency check list and pressed the emergency gear extension lever. The pilot contacted the tower to verify if the gear was now down. The indication inside the cockpit was 2 green for the mains and a red for the nose. The pilot slowed to under 65 mph and jerked the nose of the aircraft up and down a few times to attempt to get a green nose indiction. The tower then advised that all 3 gear were down. The pilot proceeded to land. As soon as the mains touched, the pilot slowed the aircraft before the nose touched. Once the nose touched the runway, it collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON APPROACH 3 MILES OUT FROM SARASOTA AIRPORT (SRQ). THE PILOT SELCETED GEAR DOWN AND NO GEAR INDICATIONS WERE PRESENT. PILOT CONTACTED SARASOTA TOWER TO CONFIRM IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND THE TOWER ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE GEARS WERE NOT DOWN. THE PILOT ABORATED THE LANDING AND DID A GO AROUND TO WORK ON THE GEAR ISSUE. THE PILOT PREFORMED THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST AND PRESSED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION LEVER. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE TOWER TO VERIFY IF THE GEAR WAS NOW DOWN. THE INDICATION INSIDE THE COCKPIT WAS 2 GREEN FOR THE MAINS AND A RED FOR THE NOSE. THE PILOT SLOWED TO UNDER 65 MPH AND JERKED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT UP AND DOWN A FEW TIMES TO ATTEMPT TO GET A GREEN NOSE INDICTION. THE TOWER THEN ADVISED THAT ALL 3 GEAR WERE DOWN. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO LAND. AS SOON AS THE MAINS TOUCHED, THE PILOT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE NOSE TOUCHED. ONCE THE NOSE TOUCHED THE RUNWAY, IT COLLAPSED.