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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 140 · Winterville, NC · September 28, 2022

Date: September 28, 2022 · 16:45 local
Place: Winterville, NC
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2509N
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA22LA432
Reported as: Cessna 140
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 2
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,523 total137 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N2509NRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2023 · Cessna 140S/N 12766 · Built 1947 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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

Student pilot was performing landing into 1850 ft grass strip, 05N, for a 3 point landing with the instructor onboard. On landing the aircraft bounced high and was in a nose up attitude. Instructor took over flight controls to recover and was unable to gain enough airspeed or altitude to avoid trees at the end and on either side on the departure end of runway. Aircraft came to rest in trees at the departure end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING LANDING INTO 1850 FT GRASS STRIP, 05N, FOR A 3 POINT LANDING WITH THE INSTRUCTOR ONBOARD. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HIGH AND WAS IN A NOSE UP ATTITUDE. INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER FLIGHT CONTROLS TO RECOVER AND WAS UNABLE TO GAIN ENOUGH AIRSPEED OR ALTITUDE TO AVOID TREES AT THE END AND ON EITHER SIDE ON THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ERA22LA432Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportWinterville, NCThe student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor in the accident was the instructor’s delayed remedial action which resulted in an inability to recover the airplane from an aerodynamic stall.Sep 28, 2022 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N2509N · 1

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

Accident 20220211001589ALanding: Rollout · New Bern, NCPilot stated he had landed runway 22 as he approached taxiway foxtrot the aircraft had slowed to the point where he thought he could easily exit the runway for taxiway. As I approached taxiway foxtrot, the aircraft had slowed to the point where I thought I…Feb 11, 2022 · Minor damage