# Accident 19990528018079A: Cessna 140, Farmington, NM, May 28, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1999, 11:05 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7507° N, 108.1791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7507&lon=-108.1791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89586, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89586) (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 C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 40 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990528018079A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON MAY 28, 1999, APPROXIMATELY 1105 MOUNTAIN DAYTIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 140, N89586, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING TAKEOFF AT FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL AIRPORT, FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD, WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE RAISED THE TAIL FOR TAKOFF AT AN INDICTED AIRSPEED OF 35 MPH.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND HE OVER CORRECTED WITH LEFT RUDDER.  THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE 5,000 FOOT MARKER.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BUCKLED AND THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL WING DAMAGE.  AN FAA INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE WIND WAS VARIABLE AT 5 KNOTS.  ALTHOUGHT THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD ACCUMULATED 73 HOURS TOTAL FLIGHT TIME, 40 HOURS OF WHICH WERE IN THE CESSNA 140, HE HAD ACQUIRED ONLY 3 HOU RS OF PILOT IN COMMAND TIME, ALL OF WHICH WERE IN THE AIRPLANE MAKE AND MODEL. (-23)STUDENT PILOT STATES THE FOLLOWING: "AT ABOUT 35 MPH, I RAISED THE TAILWHEEL AND IMMEDIATELY THR NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED TO THE RIGHT SEVERELY.  I APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND OVERCORRECTED CAUSING THE PLANE TO LEAVE THE RUNWAY AND STRIKE THE 5000 FOOT MARKER.  THIS CAUSED THE RIGHT GEAR TO FAIL AND THE PROP TO STRIKE.  THE PLANE SPUN TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP.  NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED, BUT DAMAGE TO THE GEAR, PROP AND RIGHT WING OCCURED."  AN INSPECTOR FROM THE ABQ.  FSDO GAINE DACCESS TO THE AIRCRAFT ON 6/4/99.  DAMAGE WAS LISTED AS FOLLOWS: RIGHT WING TIP DAMAGED, RIGHT WING WRINKLED AT THE ATTACHED POINT NEXT TO THE FUSELAGE, ENGINE COWL WRINKLED ON RIGHT SIDE, FIREWALL DAMAGED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AS THE ENGINE WAS "PUSHED IN", RIGHT GEAR IMPACTED UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT CREATING A LARGE CAVITY, WRINKLES AFT OF RIGHT DOOR.

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

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- [NTSB DEN99LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA088), May 28, 1999: Cessna 140 (N89586), Farmington, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive use of rudder while attempting to correct for loss of directional control. Factors were the pilot's loss of directional control, and his lack of experience in the type of…

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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