Cessna 140 N89492

Summary

On 17 August 2007 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N89492 was involved in an accident near Grant, Nebraska, 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.

Date

17 August 2007 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Grant, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

40.8714, -101.7328

Aircraft

Cessna 140

Registration

N89492

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grant → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI07CA274

Nobody was injured.

The directional control not obtained/maintained by the pilot during landing. Contributing factors were the crosswind, gust, and ditch.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane received substantial damage on impact with a ditch during landing when the airplane veered off runway 15 (4,800 feet by 60 feet, concrete). The pilot stated that about 50 feet above the runway, the controls would repeatedly go from firm to mushy. At touchdown, the controls went mushy and a gust of wind hit the side of the airplane which then windmilled the airplane into the wind. The pilot reportedly was able to straighten the airplane, but the rear of the airplane fishtailed 2 or 3 times before departing off the east side of the runway. The airplane then traveled about 30 feet and impacted a ditch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.