- Date
- July 13, 2000, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Francis, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76427Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000713010779A
- Case key
- 49741
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Probable cause
the pilot selected to land in a field that was unsuitable for landing. A factor was the soft field.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported, 'I landed in a agricultural field next to my house. Near the end of my roll out a wheel sunk into a soft spot. I was unable to keep the tail down and the aircraft flipped on to it[s] back.'
Factual narrative
On July 13, 2000, at 1630 central daylight time, a Cessna 140, N76427, operated by a private pilot, was substantially damaged during a loss of control and subsequent nose over following a landing in an agricultural field near St. Francis, Minnesota. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot reported no injures. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight departed the Cambridge Municipal Airport, Cambridge, Minnesota, at exact time unknown.
The pilot reported, "I landed in a agricultural field next to my house. Near the end of my roll out a wheel sunk into a soft spot. I was unable to keep the tail down and the aircraft flipped on to it[s] back."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76427
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10853
- Airframe hours
- 3,193
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald J Ward
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 2000 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- CBG · Cambridge, MN
- Destination
- PVT
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 544 total · 443 in this make and model · 544 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CBG, 15 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.