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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 140 · Greenville, IL · August 13, 2021

Date
August 13, 2021 · 18:30 local
Place
Greenville, IL
Airport
Greenville
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N77365
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN21LA374
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
636 total29 in this make and model18 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.

privacy data omitted Went to the Greenville Airport (gre) to practice some full-stop landings. He made a couple of successful landings in the grassy part of the airport and then decided to land on the hard surface. The landing went well, but on the rollout, he ground-looped the aircraft. During braking it caused the aircraft to tip up on the nose striking the prop, it then spun the aircraft around and went inverted on the back of the aircraft causing damage to the vertical stabilizer. privacy data omitted Self-evacuated from the aircraft with minor injuries (bump on his head and a cut on a finger).

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT TO THE GREENVILLE AIRPORT (GRE) TO PRACTICE SOME FULL-STOP LANDINGS. HE MADE A COUPLE OF SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS IN THE GRASSY PART OF THE AIRPORT AND THEN DECIDED TO LAND ON THE HARD SURFACE. THE LANDING WENT WELL, BUT ON THE ROLLOUT, HE GROUND-LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT. DURING BRAKING IT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP UP ON THE NOSE STRIKING THE PROP, IT THEN SPUN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND AND WENT INVERTED ON THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SELF-EVACUATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES (BUMP ON HIS HEAD AND A CUT ON A FINGER).

NTSB investigation

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