- Date
- July 20, 1989, 19:30 local (Jul 21, 1989, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nyac Mine, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7GCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890720028119A
- Case key
- 5228
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Probable cause
Failure of the left rudder pedal bar assembly and failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft. Improper maintenance and the pilot's lack of total experience were considered to be contributing factors.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7G
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14375
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lucas, Michael R.
- Registered owner
- Michael R Lucas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1989 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Nyac
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 27 in this make and model · 178 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °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 N7G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.