ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368022
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Date: | Sunday 10 September 1989 |
Time: | 20:03 LT |
Type: | Cessna 140A |
Owner/operator: | Gin Air, Inc. |
Registration: | N9687A |
MSN: | 15408 |
Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL C-90 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Austin, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Austin, TX (3R3) |
Destination airport: | (3R9) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT DECIDED TO MAKE A WHEEL LANDING ON RWY 34 IN WINDS THAT WERE FROM 025 DEGREES AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. HE RPRTD THAT WHEN THE TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, A GUST CAUGHT THE ACFT. HE THEN LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL, THE ACFT NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIDRCRAFT. THE GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITION WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW89LA164 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW89LA164
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