# NTSB CHI72FEM09: Bellanca 17-30, N7309V, Slt.St.Marie, MI, August 9, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 9, 1971
- Place: Slt.St.Marie, MI · SLT.ST.MARIE, MI
- Location: 46.4762° N, 84.3705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4762&lon=-84.3705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162604
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FEM09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEM09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2152   71/8/9    SLT.ST.MARIE,MICH   BELLANCA 17-30      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 767
        TIME - 0126                    N7309V              PX-  0  0  2  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 307 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CITY-COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LITTLE CURRENT,CAN          DETROIT,MICH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- HIT UNK OBJECT DRG TKOF FRM PRIV SOD FLD.LWR MAIN LEG,AXLE ASSY DMGD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7309V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7309V), registered now, S/N 30176, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30
- Registry model: [Bellanca 17-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (registry code 1220432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: City-County

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.

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