# NTSB LAX82DA352: Bellanca 14-13-2, N74440, San Jose, CA, September 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1982, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Location: 37.3329° N, 121.8198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REID-HILLVIEW OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY (RHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3329&lon=-121.8198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72503
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA352
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72503/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA352

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74440-2007-12-12), registration cancelled 2007-12-12, S/N 1553, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-13-2
- Registry model: [Bellanca 14-13-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13-2) (registry code 1201004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Franklin 6A4150 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (registry code 27024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1553
- Airframe hours: 2150
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820922049819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820922049819A), Sep 22, 1982: Blanca 14132, San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Student failed to level off on short field landing. Impacted short of the runway.

## Other investigations on N74440 (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 OAK69D0221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69D0221), Jan 26, 1969: Bellanca 14-13 (N74440), San Jose, CA, substantial damage

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.

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