# Accident 20080219011539A: Cessna 140, Halls, TN, February 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: Halls, TN
- Airport: Arnold Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9033° N, 89.3972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9033&lon=-89.3972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2086V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2086V-2013-08-22) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080219011539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND STUDENT WERE PRACTICING GROUND TAXI AND THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED. THE INSTRUCTOR STATES THE STUDENT PILOT STEPPED ON THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WHEN HE TRIED TO CORRECT THE STUDENT FROM DRIFTING TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC08CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA125), Feb 19, 2008: Cessna 140 (N2086V), Halls, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate remedial action. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control 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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