20190318001609A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 140A · Corvallis, OR · March 18, 2019

Date
March 18, 2019 · 12:43 local
Place
Corvallis, OR
Airport
Corvallis Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5641C
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA189
Reported as
Cessna 140A
Reported engine
Continental C90 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,571 total40 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flight from departed 77S for cvo. Commercial pilot/cfi passenger landed the aircraft and during the touch and go landing at cvo the aircraft started into a ground loop. Airman/pic allowed pilot/cfi passenger to land the aircraft even though she was not current or rated in the aircraft. When the pilot/passenger began to lose control the pic/owner applied brakes hard enough to flip the aircraft over its front and onto its back in an effort to stop the aircraft from ground looping.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT FROM DEPARTED 77S FOR CVO. COMMERCIAL PILOT/CFI PASSENGER LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND DURING THE TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT CVO THE AIRCRAFT STARTED INTO A GROUND LOOP. AIRMAN/PIC ALLOWED PILOT/CFI PASSENGER TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS NOT CURRENT OR RATED IN THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE PILOT/PASSENGER BEGAN TO LOSE CONTROL THE PIC/OWNER APPLIED BRAKES HARD ENOUGH TO FLIP THE AIRCRAFT OVER ITS FRONT AND ONTO ITS BACK IN AN EFFORT TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM GROUND LOOPING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.