- Date
- July 23, 2002, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cook, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2070NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA- Minneapolis FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020723021309A
- Case key
- 55359
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The left main landing gear separated from the airplane while landing on runway 13. The pilot reported the approach was normal and after touchdown, the airplane continued straight on the runway for a short distance prior to veering to the right. The pilot reported he got the airplane back to the center of the runway at which time the wheel axle and brake assembly separated from the left main gear. The left main gear leg contacted the runway and the airplane was pulled to the left. The gear leg separated from the airplane and the fuselage, propeller, and left wing struck the runway. The airplane skidded off the side of the runway coming to rest in the grass. The weather observation taken at the Cook Municipal Airport, two minutes prior to the accident, recorded with winds as calm. The pilot reported the winds were variable out of the south at 5 - 6 knots.
Factual narrative
On July 23, 2002, at 1600 central daylight time, a Cessna 140, N2070N, owned and piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when the left main landing gear separated from the airplane while landing on runway 13 (3,200 feet by 75 feet dry/asphalt) at the Cook Municipal Airport (CQM), Cook, Minnesota. The pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The flight originated at the Cloquet Carlton County Airport (COQ), Cloquet, Minnesota, at 1500.
The pilot reported the local winds were variable out of the south, and he elected to land on runway 13. He reported that the approach was normal and after touchdown, the airplane continued straight on the runway for a short distance prior to veering to the right. The pilot reported he got the airplane back to the center of the runway at which time the wheel axle and brake assembly separated from the left main gear. He reported the left main gear leg contacted the runway, and the airplane was pulled to the left. The gear leg then separated from the airplane and the fuselage, propeller, and left wing struck the runway. The airplane skidded off the side of the runway coming to rest in the grass.
The weather observation taken at the Cook Municipal Airport, two minutes prior to the accident, recorded with winds as calm. The pilot reported the winds were variable out of the south at 5 - 6 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2070N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12306
- Airframe hours
- 3,747
- Engine
- Continental C-90-14F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kevin D Horn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 2002 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- COQ · Cloquet, MN
- Destination
- CQM · Cook, MN
- Airport
- CQM · Cook Municipal, runway 13, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- December 21, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 451 total · 27 in this make and model · 389 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.25 inHg
- Observed at
- CQM
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 17, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 347 KB 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.