# Accident 19980723017709A: Cessna 140, Falls City, NE, July 23, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: Falls City, NE
- Airport: Brenner Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0595° N, 95.5895° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0595&lon=-95.5895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76601, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76601-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 525 total, 247 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980723017709A

## Narrative

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

ACFT EXPERIENCED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LOSS DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, ACFT DID A GROUND LOOP AND WENT OFF THE END OF THE RWY, THE ACFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, FALL CITY, NE. (-23) PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING TO RUNWAY 32 WITH A RIGHT DIRECT CROSSWIND AT 8 KNOTS.                                            (.4) DURING THE TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE'S LANDING ROLL, ITS LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG FRACTURED AND SEPARATED WHERE THE ENTRANCE STEP BOLT HOLE GOES THROUGH THE LEG. THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT. DURING THE GROUND LOOP EVENT THE PILOT'S SEAT BELT MOUNTING BRACKET SEPARATED AND THE PILOT WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE LEFT DOOR. THE SEAT BELT MOUNT WAS MADE FROM ALUMINUM RATHER THAN THE STEEL THE MANUFACTURER SAID IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE FROM. FRACTURE SURFACES ON THE SEPARATED GEAR LEG SHOW A GRAINY SURFACE TEXTURE. ALL 4 EDGES HAD SHEAR LIPS ON THEM. THERE WAS A SERIES OF SMALL ARROWHEAD SHAPES ORIGINATING FROM THE GEAR'S LEADING EDGE AND PROGRESSING AFT TO A POINT ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN THE BOLT HOLE AND LEADING EDGE.

## 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 CHI98LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA272), Jul 23, 1998: Cessna 140 (N76601), Falls City, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the main landing gear leg fracturing and separating from the portion mounted to the fuselage for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N76601 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740617016849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740617016849A), Jun 17, 1974: Cessna 140 (N76601), Papillion, NE, Substantial damage. Acft touched fence prior to t/d.lndd short of rwy struck ditch drg roll out.

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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