20010715016039I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 14-13-2 · Torrance, CA · July 15, 2001

Date: July 15, 2001 · 11:00 local
Place: Torrance, CA
Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N74364
Reported as: Blanca 14132
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,950 total400 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

N74364Registered now · Bellanca 14-13-2S/N 1477 · Built 1947 Airframe modelBellanca 14-13-2 Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On July 15, 2001, at approximately 1100 PDT, PIC, leslie dwight demott, made a full stop landing in Bellanca, BL-1413-2, N74364, on runway 29R at zamperini field, Torrance, California. The pilot stated that he had an 8 knot quartering tailwind and that the landing was uneventful until he tried to turn off at the high speed taxiway. The pilot stated that the aircraft continued to the left and departed the runway into the soft dirt. The aircraft tipped up on its nose damaging the nose bowl and breaking one wooden propeller blade. The pilot stated that the brakes on the Bellanca are adequate but not effective. This incident investigation is now closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 15, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 PDT, PIC, LESLIE DWIGHT DEMOTT, MADE A FULL STOP LANDING IN BELLANCA, BL-1413-2, N74364, ON RUNWAY 29R AT ZAMPERINI FIELD, TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD AN 8 KNOT QUARTERING TAILWIND AND THAT THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL HE TRIED TO TURN OFF AT THE HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE SOFT DIRT. THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE DAMAGING THE NOSE BOWL AND BREAKING ONE WOODEN PROPELLER BLADE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE BRAKES ON THE BELLANCA ARE ADEQUATE BUT NOT EFFECTIVE. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS NOW CLOSED.