# Accident 20120306004209A: Cessna 140A, Mooresville, NC, March 6, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2012, 17:15 local time
- Place: Mooresville, NC
- Airport: Miller Air Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6083° N, 80.7381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6083&lon=-80.7381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5693C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5693C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140A (registry code 2071604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 750 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA215) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120306004209A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HIS APPROACH AND FLARE FOR TOUCHDOWN WERE NORMAL.  UPON TOUCHDOWN AND INITIAL ROLL OUT, HE FELT THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL GO TO THE FLOOR AND HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM VEERING TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN PROCEEDED TO  GROUND LOOP IN THE CLOCKWISE DIRECTION CAUSING THE DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE, FOUND THE RUDDER ATTACH TURN-BUCKLE SAFETY WIRE BROKEN  AND THE RUDDER ATTACH ROD END HAD DISCONNECTED FROM THE TURN-BUCKLE.  THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY STRIPPED THREADS ON THE ROD END.

## 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 ERA12CA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA215), Mar 6, 2012: Cessna 140A (N5693C), Mooresville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the left rudder cable turnbuckle and the pilot’s subsequent loss of directional control during landing.

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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