# Incident 20260823012519I: Bellanca 17-30A, Scottsboro, AL, August 23, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2026, 13:04 local time
- Place: Scottsboro, AL
- Airport: Scottsboro Municipal-Word Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6887° N, 86.0059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCOTTSBORO MUNI-WORD FLD (4A6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6887&lon=-86.0059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9709E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9709E) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260823012519I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N9709E (1)

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

- [Incident 19910113001729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910113001729I), Jan 13, 1991: Blanca 1730A (N9709E), Stevenson, AL, Minor damage. Pilot thought the gear warning horn was the stall warning horn. Landed gear up.

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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