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Cessna 140 N4275N

12 July 1997 · Arlington, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 July 1997 at about 16:50 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N4275N was involved in an accident near Arlington, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 16:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Arlington, Washington, United States
Nearest airport
Arlington Municipal (AWO)
Coordinates
48.1794, -121.6692
Aircraft
Cessna 140
Registration
N4275N
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Snohomish → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA97LA167

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

Failure of the right-main landing gear axle after landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The tailwheel equipped airplane incurred substantial damage during a nose-over on the landing roll following the separation of the right-main wheel from its associated strut. The pilot reported that he touched down on his main wheels on the sod runway, bounced once, then 'seemed to settle into a normal run-out'. The pilot stated that 'a second or two later' he felt a heavy yaw to the right as the right landing gear dug into the turf. The landing-gear axle was found to have failed. The landing-gear strut dug into the turf, causing the aircraft to nose over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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