- Date
- June 3, 1984, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74257Bellanca 14-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840603025289A
- Case key
- 24298
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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.
Hard landing
Level off - improperCause
Analysis
After making a hard landing the plt applied power & went around, landing okay the 2nd time. After shut down, the plt found buckling of the fuselage & a cracked exhaust pipe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74257
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1370
- Airframe hours
- 1,290
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- G.C. Schinneller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1984
- Departed
- MCE · Merced, CA
- Destination
- WJF · Lancaster, CA
- Airport
- runway 24, 5,000 × ft, asphalt
N74257Registered now · Bellanca 14-13-2Airframe modelBellanca 14-13-2Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 324 total · 20 in this make and model · 244 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.