# NTSB ATL87LA183: Cessna 140, N89784, Falmouth, KY, June 23, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1987, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Falmouth, KY
- Coordinates: 38.669246, -84.330436 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6692&lon=-84.3304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7461
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7461/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA183

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT AND HAD MADE SEVERAL REFUELING STOPS DURING THE DAY. HE STATED THAT DURING LANDING HE EXPERIENCED A CROSSWIND OF APPROXIMATELY 7 TO 10 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, ROCKED UP ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT, RAN INTO TALL GRASS AND ROCKS AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE USED BRAKES, RUDDER AND AILERON TO ATTEMPT TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89784](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89784-2012-11-16), registration cancelled 2012-11-16, S/N 8833, 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: 8833
- Airframe hours: 2600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-90 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Micheal Flieschmand
- Registered owner: Bruce S. Barrett
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: LNP, WISE, VA
- Airport: Gene Snyder, runway 21, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 140 total, 48 in this make and model, 73 as pilot in command, 48 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,100 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CVG, 23 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 19870623034029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870623034029A), Jun 23, 1987: Cessna 140, Falmouth, KY, Substantial damage. Lost directional control. Departed runway. Hit tall grass and rock then nosed over. Crosswind raised a wing on roll

## Other investigations on N89784 (1)

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 CHI74DEI01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEI01), Jul 3, 1973: Cessna 140 (N89784), Canton, OH, 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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