- Date
- March 2, 2024, 12:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Paragould, AR · Grassy area adjacent to the runway
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5350CCessna 140A
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20240302002259A
- Case key
- 193876
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane bounced and then ground looped to the right. He was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane exited the runway. The right main landing gear separated which resulted in substantial damage to the right aileron and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5350C
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15573
- Built
- 1950
- Airframe hours
- 14,331.2
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-200 SERIES, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 23, 2023 · 30.6 hours before
- Departed
- TGC · Trenton, TN
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PGR · Kirk Field Airport, runway 22, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system
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
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 37.4 total · 37.4 in this make and model · 8.8 as pilot in command · 20.9 in the last 90 days · 7.2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Turbulence
- Light
- Observed at
- KJBR, 15 nm away
- METAR
- KJBR 021853Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 14/07 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 T01440072 $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 19, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5350C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.