Accident Cessna 140 N89467,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361351
 
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Date:Sunday 5 September 1993
Time:11:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C140 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 140
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N89467
MSN: 8499
Year of manufacture:1946
Total airframe hrs:2500 hours
Engine model:CONTINENTAL C-85-12F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Trenton, IL -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Centralia, IL (KENL)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS LANDING ON A SOD STRIP TYPICALLY USED BY ULTRALIGHT AIRPLANES. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.

Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE AND SUBSEQUENT NOSE OVER OF THE AIRPLANE.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: CHI93LA358
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB CHI93LA358

Location

Revision history:

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