# NTSB ATL99LA073: Cessna 140A, N9462A, Dallas, GA, April 19, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 19, 1999, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Dallas, GA
- Coordinates: 33.909767, -84.829216 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9098&lon=-84.8292&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 12, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 46126
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL99LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46126/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA073

## Probable cause

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain/landing area for a short field landing, and his delay in executing a go-around.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - aborted
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Roll over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - grass

## Analysis

The flight instructor was demonstrating a short field landing onto the grass airstrip. During the landing roll, the flight instructor realized that a safe roll out was not possible. The flight instructor attempted a go-around with full flaps extended.  During the go-around attempt, the airplane collided with a grassy hill on the runway and nosed over. The flight instructor reported no mechanical problems with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On April 19, 1999, at 1000 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 140A, N9462A, nosed over during an attempted landing on a short grass strip near Dallas, Georgia. The instructional flight was operated by the pilot under the provision of 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight instructor and the dual student were not injured. The flight departed Rome, Georgia, at 0945.

The flight instructor was demonstrating a short field landing onto the grass airstrip. During the landing roll, the flight instructor realized that a safe roll out was not possible. The flight instructor initially attempted a go-around with full flaps extended. When the airplane did not become airborne during the go-around attempt, it collided with a grassy rise on the runway and  nosed over.

Examination of the aircraft revealed damage to the right wing, left wing and main landing gear.  Also there was propeller damage, windshield damage, vertical fin damage and wheel pants damage. The flight instructor reported no mechanical problems with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9462A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 140A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 95 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert L. Carter
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1999, 60 hours before
- Departed: RMG, ROME, GA
- Airport: PVT, Pine Wood, runway 10, 1,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 3,704 total, 22 in this make and model, 3,605 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTY, 20 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 19990419003839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990419003839A), Apr 19, 1999: Cessna 140A, Dallas, GA, Substantial damage. Acft landed long, ran off the end of the rwy, and flipped over. (-23)during landing on an unfamiliar runway the pilot touched down long. Because of the uphill…

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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