# Incident 20250812010579I: Bellanca 17-30A, Hillsboro, OR, August 12, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2025, 19:10 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Portland-Hillsboro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5421° N, 122.9507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-HILLSBORO (HIO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5421&lon=-122.9507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9517E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9517E) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250812010579I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/12/25 AT 1910(L) AT HIO (HILLSBORO AIRPORT) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A BELLANCA 17-30A EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE UPON LANDING.

PRIOR TO THE LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PIC CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER MULTIPLE TIMES AND ACTUATED THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY LEVER IN AN ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE THE DOWN AND LOCKED CONDITION/INDICATION.

AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS, THE PIC ASKED THE TOWER TO CONFIRM THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN.  THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN.  HAVING NO OTHER METHODS TO ENSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, THE PIC ATTEMPTED THE LANDING. DURING THE LANDING, THE PIC KEPT AS LITTLE WEIGHT OFF THE NOSE GEAR AS HE COULD UNTIL THE NATURAL NEED FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ON THE NOSE GEAR.

AS WEIGHT WAS APPLIED TO THE NOSE GEAR, THE PIC SENSED THAT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WAS GOING LOWER THAN A NORMAL LANDING. HE OPTED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLING ON THE NOSE WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP.

IIC HAS REQUESTED FROM THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PIC, RECORD OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING AD'S: BELLANCA AD 77-22-02 AND 96-18-07. IIC HAS ALSO REQUESTED AN UPDATE FROM THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PIC ONCE FURTHER INSPECTION/MAINTENANCE REVEALS THE CAUSE OF THE CONDITION.

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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