# Accident 20030906023479A: Blanca 14132, Moline, IL, September 6, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2003, 08:57 local time
- Place: Moline, IL
- Airport: Quad-City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4483° N, 90.5075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4483&lon=-90.5075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74467, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74467) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030906023479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2003 THE PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED THE QUAD CITIES AIRPORT, MOLINE, IL (MLI) ON A PART 91 FLIGHT. DURING FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED A DROPPING OF THE OIL PRESSURE. THE AIRCRAFT FUEL PRESSURE ALSO WAS DROPPING. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 23, MOLINE, IL (MLI). NO FIRE. NO INJURIES. NOTHING FOLLOWS.

## 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 CHI03LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA306), Sep 6, 2003: Bellanca 14-13-2 (N74467), Moline, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial failure of the engine driven fuel pump and fuel starvation. An additional cause was the pilot misjudging the proper glidepath and his improper in-flight decision during the precautionary…

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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