# Accident 20220928016509A: Cessna 140, Winterville, NC, September 28, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2022, 16:45 local time
- Place: Winterville, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4822° N, 77.3558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4822&lon=-77.3558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2509N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2509N-2023-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,523 total, 137 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA432) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220928016509A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA22LA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA432), Sep 28, 2022: Cessna 140 (N2509N), Winterville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N2509N (1)

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

- [Accident 20220211001589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220211001589A), Feb 11, 2022: Cessna 140 (N2509N), New Bern, NC, Minor damage. Pilot 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…

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.

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