# Accident 19890720028119A: Cessna STC140, Nyac, AK, July 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1989, 19:30 local time
- Place: Nyac, AK
- Airport: Nyac Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.9810° N, 159.9939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NYAC (ZNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9810&lon=-159.9939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7G-2013-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC140
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 262 total, 28 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC89LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890720028119A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT RUDDER BAR FAILED RECOVERING FROM RIGHT SLIP. BEGAN GO AROUND,CRASHED IN RIGHT TURN. UNKNOWN REPAIR TO BAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC89LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA126), Jul 21, 1989: Cessna 140 (N7G), Nyac Mine, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL BAR ASSEMBLY AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. IMPROPER MAINTENANCE AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE WERE CONSIDERED TO BE…

## Other reports on N7G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830212003719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830212003719A), Feb 12, 1983: Cessna 140 (N7G), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. Unable to accelerate to liftoff speed. Aborted takeoff. Unable to steer or brake on skis struck a snow covered dock

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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