# Accident 20040408004919A: Cessna 140, Greenville, SC, April 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2004, 13:41 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Greenville Downtown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8478° N, 82.3500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8478&lon=-82.3500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N527ST (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 525 total, 107 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040408004919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT ON LANDING THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT TURN. MARKS ON THE RUNWAY CONFIRMED PILOT'S STATEMENT. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BROKEN AT A POINT WHERE A SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATED STEP WAS INSTALLED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO FATALITIES AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## 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 ATL04LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA092), Apr 8, 2004: Cessna 140 (N527ST), Greenville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fatigue failure of the leaf spring gear strut.

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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