- Date
- February 15, 1985, 12:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74315Bellanca 14-13-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850215003449A
- Case key
- 24651
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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.
Analysis
While the acft was on final apch the plt tried to slow the acft by lowering the landing gear and flaps. The acft sink rate increased and the acft contacted trees before the plt applied power. The acft touched down 50 ft short of rwy in soft ground where the main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74315
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1428
- Airframe hours
- 910
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter Owen Hahn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- RIR · Riverside, CA
- Destination
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Airport
- L66 · Corona Municipal, runway 7, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 361 total · 22 in this make and model · 289 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.