- Date
- May 20, 1990, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Minto, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N76607Cessna C-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900520016949A
- Case key
- 5367
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Probable cause
Uncertificated pilot's failure to become qualified to operate an aircraft and gain the ability to recognize and respond to crosswind situations.
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.
Analysis
The pilot was issued a student pilot certificate on April 3, 1985 and according to FAA, Oklahoma city, there has been no further activity on his certificate. The pilot landed on the elliot highway to relieve himself. During the takeoff a gust of wind caused the airplane to leave the roadway into the brush.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76607
- Reported as
- Cessna C-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11047
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom Ridner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- MLY · Manely, AK
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N76607 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.