# Incident 20221213018299I: Bellanca 17-31A, Sarasota Braden, FL, December 13, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2022, 13:36 local time
- Place: Sarasota Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota/Bradenton International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73KP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73KP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-31A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,005 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221213018299I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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