# Accident 20160213001009A: Cessna 140, Independence, OR, February 13, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2016, 09:30 local time
- Place: Independence, OR
- Airport: Independence State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8664° N, 123.1983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8664&lon=-123.1983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3625V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3625V-2018-05-30) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,360 total, 1,310 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160213001009A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED UNEVENTFUL APPROACH AND LANDING TO RWY 16 AT 7S5, BUT ON TOUCHDOWN NOTICED AIRCRAFT PULLED HARD TO LEFT AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED INTO GRASS TO LEFT OF RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE.  NO INJURY TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.  LEFT MAIN AXLE FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN IN HALF ON LANDING, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON 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 WPR16LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA068), Feb 13, 2016: Cessna 140 (N3625V), Independence, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear wheel axle due to a fatigue crack.

## Other reports on N3625V (2)

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

- [Accident 19950414048649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950414048649A), Apr 14, 1995: Cessna 140 (N3625V), Foxworth, MS, Substantial damage. (-16) On 04/19/95, a phone call was received from the NTSB to inform this office of an aircraft accident that took place on 04/14/95. The alleged accident…
- [Accident 19830829045079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830829045079A), Aug 29, 1983: Cessna 140 (N3625V), Hitchcock, TX, Substantial damage. Tried to depart a narrow mowed area of a grass runway. A wheel caught in tall grass. Aircraft flipped over.

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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