# Incident 20110625012419I: Bellanca 7KCAB, Santa Ana, CA, June 25, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2011, 12:37 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11659, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11659) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 17 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110625012419I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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