# Accident 20240929019639A: Bellanca 14-19-3, Cortez, CO, September 29, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2024, 16:15 local time
- Place: Cortez, CO
- Airport: Cortez Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3044° N, 108.6266° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3044&lon=-108.6266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8851R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-19-3
- Reported engine: TCM CONT UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 120 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA375) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240929019639A

## Narrative

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

THE PRIVATE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT DEPLOYING THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACT POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES.

AIRCRAFT RECORDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW, THE

CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION ARE NOT CURRENT. PILOT RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA375), Sep 29, 2024: Bellanca 14 19 (N8851R), Cortez, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

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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