- Date
- September 22, 1982, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N74440Bellanca 14-13-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820922049819A
- Case key
- 72503
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
Proper descent rate - not maintainedCause
Diverted attentionCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft landed short of the rwy. The plt stated he was demonstrating a 3-point landing & his attention was diverted by answering a question.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74440
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1553
- Airframe hours
- 2,150
- Engine
- Frankin 6A4-150-B3, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert E. Tripp
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Tripp
- Departed
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Destination
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- RHV · Ried-Hillview, runway 31, 3,101 × 75 ft, asphalt
N74440Registration cancelled Dec 12, 2007 · Bellanca 14-13-2Airframe modelBellanca 14-13-2Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,009 total · 110 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N74440 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.