# Accident 19980804028419A: Cessna 140, St Joseph, MO, August 4, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 4, 1998, 17:24 local time - Place: St Joseph, MO - Airport: Rosecrans Memorial - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Final Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 39.7607° N, 94.8492° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7607&lon=-94.8492&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2364V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2364V-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 140 - Reported engine: CONT C90* - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 2 - Pilot flight hours: 604 total, 249 in this make and model - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98FA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA299) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980804028419A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (TTY)ACFT WAS ON APPROACH WHEN THE LEFT WING LIFTED UP FOR UNKNOWN REASONS AND THE ACFT CRASHED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJ. (-23)ON AUGUST 4, 1998, MR. RICKY IVAN DEGEER OPERATED CESSNA 140,N2364V, AS PILOT IN COMMAND ON A FLIGHT FROM DUBUQUE, IOWA, TO ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. AT 1724 CDT, CESSNA N2364V ENTERED A RIGHT BASE AT AN ABNORMALLY LOW ALTITUDE OF LESS THAN 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, ACCORDING TO EYEWITNESSES. A USAF C-130 AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY THE MISSOURI AIR NATIONAL GUARD, HAD JUST LANDED ON RUNWAY 31. THE ST, JOSEPH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY ISSUED A WAKE TURBULENCE PRECAUTION, CLEARED N2364V TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35. AT APPROXIMATELY 1725 CDT, A CESSNA N2364V ENTERED A RIGHT BANK OF 90 DEGRESS, STALLED, AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN RIGHT OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 35. THE AIRMAN WAS FATALLY INJURED. (.19)ON AUGUST 4, 1998, A CESSNA 140, N2364V, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A COLLISION WITH THE GROUND NEXT TO RUNWAY 35 (8,059' X 150' DRY ASPHALT)AT THE ROSECRANS MEMORIAL AIRPORT, ST. JOSEPH , MISSOURI. WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRPLANE ENTER A STEEP RIGHT BANK FOLLOWED BY A STEEP PITCH DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER PITCHING DOWN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED WITCHITA, KANSAS, EXACT TIEM UNKNOWN. N2364V WAS ON ITS FINAL APPROACH TO THE LANDING RUNWAY AS A USAF AIR NATIONAL GUARD LOCKHEED C-130 LANDED ON RUNWAY 31 (4,800' X 75' DRY CONCRETE). THE PILOT IF N2364V HAD BEEN ADVISED OF WAKE TURBULENCE AS HE APPROACHED THE AIRPORT AND WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG TO RUNWAY 35. (.4) THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS ADVISED THAT WAKE TURBULENCE WOULD BE PRESENT DURING HIS APPROACH TO A RUNWAY WHOSE APPROACH END WAS COLOCATED WITH ANOTHER RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING RUNWAY 35 WHILE LOCKHEED C-130'S WERE USING RUNWAY 31. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE APPROACH RUNWAY 35 AT A '...VERY LOW ALTITUDE... .' ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES, THE AIRPLANE BANKED '...SHARPLY TO THE LEFT ABOUT 35 DEGREES AND [THEN] VERY RAPIDLY TO THE RIGHT OVER 90 DEGREES RIGHT BANK.' THEY SAID THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WINGTIP WAS ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN IT WAS IN THE 90 DEGREE BANK. THEY SAID THAT WHEN THE BANK EXCEEDED 90 DEGREES' THE '...NOSE DROPPED RAPIDLY AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.' ANOTHER WITNESS SAID HE OBSERVED A C-130 LAND ON RUNWAY 31 ABOUT 10 SECONDS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS APPROACHING RUNWAY 35'S THRESHOLD. THE ON-SCENE EXAMINATION REVEALED THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE'S RUDDER THROW WAS 23 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND 15 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT HAD BEEN FLYING THE CESSNA 140 FOR ABOUT 11-1/2 YEARS. THE PILOT HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED HIS FLIGHT REVIEW ON MARCH 3, 1997, IN A CESSNA 210. AT THAT TIME HIS LOGBOOK SHOWED 251.0 HOURS IN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE. THERE WERE NO RECORDS SHOWING ANY FLIGHT TIME AFTER THE FLIGHT REVIEW. ## 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 CHI98FA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA299), Aug 4, 1998: Cessna 140 (N2364V), St. Joseph, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot not maintaining a proper final approach glide path to avoid an encounter with wake turbulence. A factor in this accident was the pilot not being able to control the airplane after its… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.