# Incident 20010715016039I: Blanca 14132, Torrance, CA, July 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74364, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74364) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,950 total, 400 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010715016039I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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