# NTSB ATL82DA050: Cessna 140, N89047, Statesboro, GA, February 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 8, 1982, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Statesboro, GA
- Location: 32.4394° N, 81.7751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Statesboro, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4394&lon=-81.7751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72719
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72719/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA050

## 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 - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING THE SECOND LANDING OF A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, A GUST OF WIND PICKED UP THE RIGHT WING AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED POWER WHILE INITIATING CORRECTIVE ACTION. HOWEVER, THE PLANE GROUND LOOPED AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK IN A FRESHLY TILLED AND PLANTED WHEAT FIELD BESIDE THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89047](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89047), registered now, S/N 8051 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8051
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-90 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Peter M Bragg
- Registered owner: Peter M Bragg
- Departed: STATESBORO, GA
- Destination: STATESBORO, GA
- Airport: Davis Airpark, runway 7, 2,200 × 0 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 29 total, 15 in this make and model, 29 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Temperature: 140 °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 19820208002879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820208002879A), Feb 8, 1982: Cessna 140, Statesboro, GA, Substantial damage. Wind caused wing to hit runway on landing. Solo student tried to correct with power. Ground-looped, flipped over.

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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