# Accident 20130426007529A: Cessna 140A, Newburgh, NY, April 26, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2013, 15:15 local time
- Place: Newburgh, NY
- Airport: Stewart International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5056° N, 74.0983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5056&lon=-74.0983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5314C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5314C-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140A (registry code 2071604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 34 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA224) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130426007529A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED, ?CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AND SUNNY, WIND WAS REPORTED BY THE TOWER AS VARIABLE 280- 320. WE WERE CLEARED FOR FINAL ON THE 8000' PAVED RUNWAY 27. ON SHORT FINAL I NOTICED THE WIND HAD SHIFTED OUT OF THE NORTH WITH THE SOCK INDICATING 80-90 DEGREE CROSSWIND 10-12 KNOTS APPROX. I COMPENSATED WITH AILERON AND RUDDER AND MADE A GOOD LANDING. AT THE END OF THE FINAL ROLL OUT WITH THE TAIL WHEEL ON THE GROUND MOVING AROUND 15MPH A GUST FROM 320 ACTED TO PUSH THE TAIL TO THE LEFT. I APPLIED MODERATE BRAKE AND LEFT RUDDER, PULLING BACK ON THE YOKE TO KEEP TAIL CONTROL POSITIVE. THE LEFT BRAKE SEEMED TO LOCK UP AND THE TAIL SWUNG RAPIDLY TO THE RIGHT WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO BLOW OUT THE RIGHT TIRE AND SHATTER THE WHEEL RIM ON A CRACK ON THE APRON. THE PLANE CAME TO REST 190 DEGREES FROM THE ORIGINAL ROLL OUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APRON. THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCE OF THE TIRELESS RIGHT WHEEL CRACKED THE GEARBOX AFT CRUMPLING THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FRAME AND BELLY SKIN. THE TAIL WHEEL BRACKET WAS ALSO BENT TO THE LEFT BY THE FORCE OF STOPPING ON THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT. ADDITIONAL WRINKLING WAS OBSERVED ON THE UPPER CABIN ROOF AND ON THE PILOT SIDE COWL, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED AND PARTIALLY DISLODGED FROM ITS FRAME. THE PROP AND THE WING TIP DID NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.?

## 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 ERA13LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA224), Apr 26, 2013: Cessna 140A (N5314C), Newburgh, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control when the brakes bound and a subsequent ground loop. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate maintenance of the brakes by the pilot/owner.

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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