# Incident 20250410006359I: Bellanca 17-30A, London, KY, April 10, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2025, 15:00 local time
- Place: London, KY
- Airport: London-Corbin Airport-Magee Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0869° N, 84.0774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONDON/CORBIN/MAGEE (LOZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0869&lon=-84.0774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9792E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9792E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 47,974 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250410006359I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON LANDING TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT HEARD A SCRAPING SOUND AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. AFTER GO-AROUND, THE PILOT NOTICED THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL THE PILOT FELT THE NOSE GEAR LOCK AND SAW ALL GREEN LANDING GEAR INDICATIONS. THE FLIGHT THEN TERMINATED WITH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.

## Other reports on N9792E (2)

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

- [Accident 20080906846019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080906846019A), Sep 6, 2008: Blanca 1730A (N9792E), Sparta, TN, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was landing on rwy 4. He stated that he touched down normally on the main gear and when the nose wheel touched, the aircraft pulled violently…
- [Incident 20030823028429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030823028429I), Aug 23, 2003: Blanca 1730A (N9792E), Austin, TX, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot said that there was no indication of a malfunction when he was landing. When he brought the nose down, it just kept going down until the prop…

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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