# Accident 20000428023419A: Cessna 140, Tulsa, OK, April 28, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2000, 12:15 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0591° N, 95.9410° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0591&lon=-95.9410&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140RE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 308 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000428023419A

## Narrative

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

(.4)DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE PILOT REDUCED THE POWER TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. HOWEVER, UPON NOTICING THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS HEADING TOWARD A RUNWAY SIGN, THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO FLY THE AIRPLANE OVER THE SIGN.  THE PILOT VEERED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT AFTER NOTING THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE SIGN.  THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK THE SIGN, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.  NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WERE REPORTED.                                            (-23)PILOT WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 13 FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT.  WINDS WERE REPORTED ON ATIS AS 090 AT 08 KNOTS.  PILOT APPLIED TAKEOFF POWER AND RAISED THE TAILWHEEL.  SHORTLY AFTER RAISING THE TAILWHEEL, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT.  PILOT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE POWER TO ABORT TAKEOFF, BUT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING TOWARD A RUNWAY SIGN.  PILOT APPLIED BRAKES WITH THE AIRCRAFT AT FULL POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND ENDED UP INVERTED ALONGSIDE THE RUNWAY.                                                                                                                         (.19)ON APRIL 28, 2000, AT 1214 CDT, A CESSNA 140, SIGNLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N140RE, STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 13 AT THE RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR. AIRPORT, NEAR TULSA, OKLAHOMA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL UNDER TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PILOT RATED PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DMAAGE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONNAL LOCAL FLIGHT, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT, DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, AND HE REDUCED THE POWER TO ABORT THE LANDING.  HOWEVER, UPON NOTICING THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS HEADING TOWARD A RUNWAY SIGN, HE ADDED FULL POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO FLY OVER THE SIGN.  THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK THE SIGN, AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE TERRAIN, NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.  NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WERE REPORTED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE FROM 090 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS.  THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) REPORTED THE WIND FOR 100 DEGREES AT 7 KN OTS. THE FAA INSPECTORS AND A MECHANIC EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE ON MAY 3, 2000.  THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS BENT.

## 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 FTW00LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA134), Apr 28, 2000: Cessna 140 (N140RE), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll. A factor was the runway sign struck by the aircraft.

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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