# Accident 19980922025709A: Blanca 14132, Santa Rosa, CA, September 22, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1998, 15:30 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5097° N, 122.8129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5097&lon=-122.8129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74457, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74457-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-13-2 (registry code 1201004, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14132
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A4165B3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,214 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA303) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980922025709A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1998, AT 15:30 HOURS PDT, A BELLANCA 14-13-2, N74457 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER IT COLLIDED WITH A PARKED TRUCK IN A NON-MOVEMENT AREA OF THE SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA AIRPORT. THE OWNER/PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED.  THE TRUCK WAS NOT OCCUPIED AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS THE PILOT TAXIED TO PARKING/HANGER AREA FOLLOWING A LOCAL FLIGHT.                              (-23) SAME AS ABOVE.

## 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 LAX98LA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA303), Sep 22, 1998: Bellanca 14-13-2 (N74457), Santa Rosa, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout during taxiing operations. A factor was the pilot's diverted attention while taxiing.

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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