- Date
- February 18, 1977
- Place
- Crawfordsville, IN · CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89420Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770218004109A
- Case key
- 157369
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0251 77/2/18 CRAWFORDSVILLE,IN CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 100 TIME - 1430 N89420 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAWFORDSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRAWFORDSVILLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- SNOW BANK ON SIDE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89420
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crawfordsville
N89420Registration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.