# NTSB LAX84LA334: Bellanca 14-13, N74257, Lancaster, CA, June 3, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1984, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Coordinates: 34.719757, -118.149604 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7198&lon=-118.1496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24298
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA334
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24298/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA334

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74257), registered now, S/N 1370, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-13
- Registry model: [Bellanca 14-13-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13-2) (registry code 1201004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1370
- Airframe hours: 1290
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840603025289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840603025289A), Jun 3, 1984: Blanca 1413, Lancaster, CA, Substantial damage. Landed and bounced hard enough to buckle fuselage and crack an engine exhaust pipe.

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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