- Date
- May 6, 1985, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2034VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850506031239A
- Case key
- 11176
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was making a takeoff from rwy 20 with an estimated 10 kt right x-wind. After about 800 ft of ground run, the acft lifted off at aprx 65 mph. At an alt of about 30 ft, the acft began to settle in a left drift as it flew abeam trees on the right side of the rwy. At this point, the instructor took control of the acft, but could not arrest the drift or sink rate. He elected to turn left into a field on the left side of the rwy to avoid trees & a ditch. The acft touched down in the field & the right main gear separated from the fuselage. The acft then ground looped to the right & came to rest inverted after skidding about 50 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2034V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14247
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12-F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David R. Stitzlein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 1984 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- W33
- Airport
- W33 · South Norfolk, runway 20, 2,575 × 80 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 812 total · 370 in this make and model · 676 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHF, 25 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.