# Accident 20020723021309A: Cessna 140, Cook, MN, July 23, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Cook, MN
- Airport: Cook Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8256° N, 92.6936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8256&lon=-92.6936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2070N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2070N) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020723021309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WRITTEN ACCOUNT REPORTED THAT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 WITH VARIABLE WINDS FROM SOUTH THE RIGHT WING LIFTED SLIGHTLY. HE APPLIED RIGHT AILERON, AND THE AIRPLANE SWERVED LEFT. PILOT STATED TO FAA INSPECTOR DURING INVESTIGATION THAT: "I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A BOUNCE." TIRE MARKS ON RUNWAY FROM LEFT MAIN TIRE AT FIRST POINT OF TOUCHDOWN INCLUDED PARALLEL SCRATCH WITH METALLIC RESIDUE. LEFT MAIN WHEEL RIM WAS BROKEN AND SCRATCHED AROUND PERIMETER. TIRE MARKS, WHEEL SCRAPES AND OTHER EVIDENCE ON RUNWAY INDICATE AIRPLANE HIT HARD AND THEN BOUNCED. TIRE MARKS RESUME AFTER BOUNCE IN SERPENTINE PATTERN BACK AND FORTH ACROSS RUNWAY UNTIL SEPARATION OF LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACH BOLT STRETCHED TO BREAK POINT WITH BOTH HEAD AND NUT INTACT AND FASTENED, INCLUDING FAILURE UNDER TENSION LOAD. THREE PROPELLER STRIKES ON RUNWAY SURFACE ADJACENT TO PAINT SCRAPES FROM LEFT WING. BOTH LEFT WING SPARS BENT OUTWARD OF STRUT ATTACH POINT, IN VICINITY OF AILERON. DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE FRAME AT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINT. (.19) ON JULY 23, 2002, AT 1600 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 140, N2070N                                                            ,OWNED AND PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 (3,200 FEET BY 74 FEET DRY/ASPHALT) AT THE COOK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CQM), COOK, MINNESOTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE CLOQUET CARLTON COUNTY AIRPORT (COQ), CLOQUET, MINNESOTA AT 1500 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME.

## 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 CHI02LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA225), Jul 23, 2002: Cessna 140 (N2070N), Cook, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.

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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