SMA PLT HIT A CAR WHILE ON APCH TO RWY 14 AT 0A7.

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DURING VFR LNDG APCH TO RWY 14; 1 TIRE ON ACFT STRUCK THE ROOF OF AN AUTOMOBILE XING THE APCH END OF RWY 14 ON A ROAD. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO ACFT AND ONLY SCUFF MARKS ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR. NO INJURIES TO EITHER CAR OCCUPANT (1) OR PLT. SINCE NO SOUND WAS HEARD IN THE ACFT; NOR ANY IMPACT FELT; LNDG WAS CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN ACFT WAITING TO DEPART SAW THE COLLISION AND CALLED BY RADIO. BY THE TIME THE RADIO CALL WAS RECEIVED; LNDG HAD BEEN COMPLETED. DISTANCE FROM THE END OF THE RWY TO CLOSEST SIDE OF ROAD IS ABOUT 50 FT. LNDG TOUCHDOWN WITH NO PWR ADDITION WAS APPROX 400 FT FROM THE APCH END OF RWY 14. ACFT FINAL APCH POS SEEMED SLIGHTLY; LOW; BUT WITHIN A NORMAL ENVELOPE; OBVIOUSLY IT WASN'T. SINCE THE ACFT IS A LOW WING; VISION WAS RESTR BENEATH THE ACFT; AND I DID NOT SEE THE CAR. I THINK DISPLACING THE RWY THRESHOLD WOULD BE A GOOD REMINDER TO LNDG ACFT TO AVOID A LOW APCH. THIS WAS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED WITH THE ARPT OPERATOR. ALSO; SINCE THE ROAD IS A PUBLIC ROAD; 'LOW FLYING ACFT SIGNS' ON THE ROAD MIGHT HELP PREVENT ANOTHER INCIDENT OF THIS TYPE. IF MY ACFT HAD BEEN A FEW INCHES LOWER; THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC EVENT FOR ACFT AND/OR AUTOMOBILE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: PLT WAS FLYING A GLOBE SWIFT. THE PLT HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE ARPT MGR. THE INTENT IS TO HAVE A DISPLACED THRESHOLD FOR RWY 14. HE WILL CONTACT THE FAA TO DETERMINE THE ARPT STANDARDS THAT APPLY. THE PLT DOES NOT WISH TO HAVE HIS IDENTITY FURTHER COMPROMISED AND DESIRES NO FURTHER NASA ACTION BE TAKEN.