ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368600
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Date: | Wednesday 14 June 1989 |
Time: | 12:35 LT |
Type: | Cessna 140 |
Owner/operator: | Same As Pilot |
Registration: | N89316 |
MSN: | 8344 |
Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2150 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL C-85-12F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Creve Ceour, MO -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | (1H0) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PIC WAS PRACTICING T&G LANDINGS TO A SOD STRIP AND HAD COMPLETED SEVERAL PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. ON THIS ATTEMPT, THE PIC STATED HE MADE A 3-POINT LANDING TO A WHEAT FIELD HE MISTOOK FOR THE SOD LANDING STRIP. THE GROUND WAS SOFT AND UPON TOUCHING THE LANDING GEAR BECAME MIRED, AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER INVERTED. THE WHEAT FIELD BORDERS AND PARALLELS THE SOD STRIP HE HAD BEEN USING.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PLAN THE APPROACH AND MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SOD LANDING STRIP. THE PILOT'S INNATTENTION TO THE GRASS STRIP RESULTED IN A LANDING IN A SOFT WHEAT FIELD.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MKC89LA133 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MKC89LA133
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 April 1987 |
N89316 |
George Abner Benson |
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Creve Coeur, MO |
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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