Cessna 140 N5641C

Summary

On 18 March 2019 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N5641C, operated by Cruisair Llc, was involved in an accident near Corvallis, Oregon, 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

18 March 2019 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Corvallis Muni (CVO)

Coordinates

44.4972, -123.2894

Aircraft

Cessna 140

Registration

N5641C

Category

Airplane

Year built

1950

Engines

1

Operator

Cruisair Llc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Creswell → Corvallis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA189

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a propeller strike and subsequent nose-over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to both pilots in the tailwheel-equipped airplane, the newly endorsed tailwheel pilot was on the flight controls during the landing. The pilot at the controls recalled that, when the airplane touched down, it bounced, so she added power, but the airplane bounced again before it settled on the runway. During the landing roll, the airplane veered right, and she overcorrected to the left. She then applied right rudder, but the airplane became "squirrelly." The other pilot, who was the owner of the airplane, grabbed the yoke and applied rudder to regain directional control. The airplane decelerated, the propeller struck the runway, and the airplane nosed over. The other pilot reported that he did not apply the brakes. When asked, the pilot at the controls during the landing could not recall whether she applied the brakes. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder and vertical stabilizer. Both pilots reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.