# NTSB ANC91LA068: Cessna 140, N81074, Kenai, AK, June 10, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 9, 1991, 16:30 local (Jun 10, 1991, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Coordinates: 60.660034, -150.899475 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6600&lon=-150.8995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 24, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC91LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5552/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA068

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. A FACTOR WAS THE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, HE WAS PERFORMING HIS SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM ANCHORAGE, LAKE HOOD STRIP TO KENAI AND RETURN. HE STATED THAT UPON LANDING AT KENAI, WITH THE INTENTIONS OF PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING A GUST OF WIND CAUSED RIGHT WING TO GO UP AND THE LEFT CONTACTED THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81074](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81074), registered now, S/N 10368, 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: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 10368
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-90-12F 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Stanley Joe Kindblade
- Registered owner: Stanley Joe Kindblade
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, January 2, 2000
- Departed: LHD, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ENA, Kenai, runway 19, 7,600 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 76 total, 25 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 70 statute miles
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ENA, 1 nm away

## 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 19910609020599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910609020599A), Jun 9, 1991: Cessna 140, Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. Lost control landing. Ground looped. Left runway and nosed over. Blamed crosswind gusts.

## Other investigations on N81074 (2)

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 ANC11CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA016), Mar 15, 2011: Cessna 140 (N81074), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing, resulting in a ground loop.
- [NTSB LAX68F0199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68F0199), Oct 16, 1967: Cessna 140 (N81074), Santa Paula, CA, 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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