# NTSB ATL84LA043: Cessna 140, N7275F, Wadley, GA, November 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 12, 1983, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Wadley, GA
- Coordinates: 32.859054, -82.400291 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8591&lon=-82.4003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6386
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6386/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA043

## 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
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE LANDED TOO FAST ON THE GRASS STRIP, & WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE RWY ONTO A TAXIWAY, THE ACFT GROUNDLOOPED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7275F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7275F-2013-05-07), registration cancelled 2013-05-07, S/N 8469, 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: 8469
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85-12F 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Alex A. Bobich
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1983, 2 hours before
- Departed: SBO, SWANSBORO, GA
- Destination: WADLEY, GA
- Airport: Bobich Strip, runway 17, 1,500 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 8 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19831112073859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831112073859A), Nov 12, 1983: Cessna 140, Wadley, GA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing and ground loop occurred.

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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