20201030021669A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 140 · Edinburg, TX · October 30, 2020

Date
October 30, 2020 · 15:00 local
Place
Edinburg, TX
Airport
Edinburg
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N76933
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN21LA233
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C90 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total27 in this make and model11 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.

N76933 a Cessna 140 lost control during landing at Edinburg Airport (ebg). The pilot and sole human occupant of the aircraft was not injured. Pilot stated his dog was onboard and was also not injured. He stated that he was performing touch and goes and on the fourth attempt, the main wheels touched down on runway 32. While the tail wheel was still in the air, the aircraft veered sharply to the right and compensatory left rudder did little to correct the swerve. The aircraft departed the paved surface and went into the grass infield. The left main landing gear broke off at the attach point and the aircraft came to rest on its left wing and fuselage. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the fuselage as it contacted the ground.

As the FAA filed it

N76933 A CESSNA 140 LOST CONTROL DURING LANDING AT EDINBURG AIRPORT (EBG). THE PILOT AND SOLE HUMAN OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED. PILOT STATED HIS DOG WAS ONBOARD AND WAS ALSO NOT INJURED. HE STATED THAT HE WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES AND ON THE FOURTH ATTEMPT, THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 32. WHILE THE TAIL WHEEL WAS STILL IN THE AIR, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT AND COMPENSATORY LEFT RUDDER DID LITTLE TO CORRECT THE SWERVE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE AND WENT INTO THE GRASS INFIELD. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF AT THE ATTACH POINT AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT WING AND FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AS IT CONTACTED THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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