# Accident 20080502834189A: Blanca 14193A, San Marcos, TX, May 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2008, 16:45 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8922° N, 97.8614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8922&lon=-97.8614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1255R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1255R-2017-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-3 (registry code 3080106, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 14193A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 35 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080502834189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 2, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:45 HOURS, A BALLANCA 14-19-3A, OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED 3/4 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 26 AT SAN MARCOS AIRPORT.  DAY VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND NO PASSENGERS WERE ONBOARD.  THE PIOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS HOLDER OF CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WOLF AIRPARK NEAR HOUSTON, TX AT APPROXIMATELY 15:50 HOURS AND WAS ON DESCENT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER.

## 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 DFW08CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA149), May 2, 2008: Bellanca 14-13-3A (N1255R), San Marcos, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the throttle cable clevis swage. Contributing to the accident was the uneven terrain available for landing.

## Other reports on N1255R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19791125045709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791125045709I), Nov 25, 1979: Blanca 14193A (N1255R), Mesquite, TX, Minor damage. In downwind landing,aircraft touched down too fast nose wheel first. Bounced several times, broke nose gear fork.

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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