Accident Cessna 140 N76688,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292520
 
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Date:Wednesday 29 March 2006
Time:14:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C140 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 140
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N76688
MSN: 10861
Total airframe hrs:2109 hours
Engine model:Continental C-85-12F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Pageland, South Carolina -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Pageland Airport, SC (KPYG)
Destination airport:Pageland Airport, SC (KPYG)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The pilot stated that he was making a full stop landing to runway 05 with a crosswind. The airplane touched down on the runway in a crab and he lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane went off the right side of the runway, collided with a runway light, and nosed over in the grass. The pilot stated that the airplane did not experience any mechanical problems before the accident.

Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing resulting in the airplane veering to the right, colliding with a runway light, and subsequent nose over.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: ATL06CA056
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 4 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB ATL06CA056

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
18 April 2013 N76688 Private 0 Lancaster, South Carolina sub

Revision history:

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