ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365592
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Date: | Saturday 16 March 1991 |
Time: | 17:53 LT |
Type: | Cessna 140 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N2455N |
MSN: | 12708 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL C-85-12 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Pullman, WA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Rosalia, WA (72S) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 140 STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE ON SHORT FINAL. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT. HE ATTEMPTED A RECOVERY, BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A HARD LANDING, COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, RESULTING IN A GROUND-LOOP TO THE RIGHT. A SWEARINGEN COMMUTER AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED ON THE RUNWAY A FEW MINUTES EARLIER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S ENCOUNTER WITH WAKE TURBULENCE SHORTLY BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | SEA91LA068 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB SEA91LA068
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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