- Date
- August 27, 1983, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kotlik, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77191Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830827044569A
- Case key
- 4072
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The acft ran off the rwy and the right main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77191
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11653
- Airframe hours
- 2,345
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Calvin Guy Or Barbara Sandlin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1983
- Departed
- 220 · Emmonak, AK
- Airport
- KOT · Kotlik, runway 16, 2,400 × 60 ft, gravel
N77191Registration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 434 total · 24 in this make and model · 302 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N77191 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.