# NTSB ANC83FAG09: Cessna 140, N77191, Kotlik, AK, August 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1983, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Kotlik, AK
- Coordinates: 63.030624, -163.5401 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.0306&lon=-163.5401&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4072
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83FAG09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4072/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FAG09

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE RWY AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N77191](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77191-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N 11653, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11653
- Airframe hours: 2345
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830827044569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830827044569A), Aug 27, 1983: Cessna 140, Kotlik, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on the rollout. Possible gear failure and or pilot inexperience in a tail dragger.

## Other investigations on N77191 (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 MKC79FTK11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTK11), Apr 22, 1979: Cessna 140 (N77191), Redowl, SD, substantial damage

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.

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