Cessna 140 N72518

Summary

On 20 August 2009 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N72518, operated by Ajmi Amal R, was involved in an accident near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. One person was 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

20 August 2009 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

65.0000, -145.0211

Aircraft

Cessna 140

Registration

N72518

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ajmi Amal R

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fairbanks → Fairbanks

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC09CA085

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to achieve a proper touchdown point, resulting in an overrun and a nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The solo private pilot was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane on a mountaintop airstrip at the completion of a Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. She reported that while landing, she inadvertently touched down beyond her intended touchdown point. Realizing she would be unable to stop the airplane before reaching the end of the airstrip, she said she applied heavy braking at the end of the landing roll, but the airplane continued off the end of the airstrip and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing, left wing lift strut, and empennage. The pilot said there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.