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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 7KCAB · Santa Ana, CA · June 25, 2011

Date
June 25, 2011 · 12:37 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N11659
Reported as
Bellanca 7KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total17 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated he was asked by sna ATC to expedite into the midfield runup area while vacating rwy 19L. In the process of doing so the pilot focused on manuevering so as to avoid another aircraft parked at the entrance of the runup area. In doing so he failed to notice the taxi sign which he subsequently taxied into.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE WAS ASKED BY SNA ATC TO EXPEDITE INTO THE MIDFIELD RUNUP AREA WHILE VACATING RWY 19L. IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO THE PILOT FOCUSED ON MANUEVERING SO AS TO AVOID ANOTHER AIRCRAFT PARKED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE RUNUP AREA. IN DOING SO HE FAILED TO NOTICE THE TAXI SIGN WHICH HE SUBSEQUENTLY TAXIED INTO.