# Accident 20090510009259A: Cessna 140, Mesquite, NV, May 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2009, 12:35 local time
- Place: Mesquite, NV
- Airport: Mesquite
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8331° N, 114.0558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8331&lon=-114.0558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73017, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73017-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,250 total, 150 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090510009259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ROLLOUT TRANSITIONING FROM RUNWAY 01 AT K67L THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN UNCONTROLLED LEFT TURN EXITING THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY ENVIRONMENT.  THE PILOT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN COUNTERING THE TURN WITH USE OF LEFT RUDDER AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER LEFT.  THE PILOT THEN EXECUTED FULL LEFT RUDDER IN ORDER TO AVOID PROCEEDING INTO A DRAINAGE CULVERT THAT THE AIRCRAFT PATH OF TRAVEL WAS IN LINE WITH.  THE RESULTING "FISHTAIL" OF THE AIRCRAFT KEPT THE AIRCRAFT FROM PROCEEDING INTO THE DRAINAGE CULVERT HOWEVER THE EMPENAGE CONTACTED THE CEMENT EDGE OF THE CULVERT AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE VIA THEIR RESPECTIVE DOORS WITHOUT INJURY.  THREE WITNESSES HELPED PUSH THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO A TIE DOWN AREA WHERE IT SECURED.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FREELY ON THE TWO MAIN GEARS HOWEVER THE TAIL WHEEL ATTACHMENT BAR HAD BEEN BENT DURING THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE AND THEREFORE DID NOT SWIVEL FREELY.  INSPECTORS STATEMENT ATTACHED.

## 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 WPR09LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA236), May 10, 2009: Cessna 140 (N73017), Mesquite, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during landing resulting from binding of the left wheel's brake actuating system for an undetermined reason.

## Other reports on N73017 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20030504009559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030504009559I), May 4, 2003: Cessna 140 (N73017), Bowdoinham, ME, Minor damage. (-23) On may 4th 2003 at approximately 0830 Mr. Mark elkhorn a private pilot of a Cessna 140, after flying for aobut one hour was forced to make an emergency…

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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