# Accident 20190318001609A: Cessna 140A, Corvallis, OR, March 18, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2019, 12:43 local time
- Place: Corvallis, OR
- Airport: Corvallis Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4972° N, 123.2894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4972&lon=-123.2894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5641C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5641C-2020-08-13) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,571 total, 40 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190318001609A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA19CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA189), Mar 18, 2019: Cessna 140 (N5641C), Corvallis, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a propeller strike and subsequent nose-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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.