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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Olympia, WA · March 12, 1993

Date: March 12, 1993 · 20:04 local
Place: Olympia, WA
Airport: Olympia
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N76267
Reported as: Cessna 140
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,600 total200 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N76267Registered now · Cessna 140S/N 10675 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While attempting a wheel landing the tail wheel spring broke. Exited the runway onto the grass.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMPTING A WHEEL LANDING THE TAIL WHEEL SPRING BROKE. EXITED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS.