- Date
- May 31, 1991, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Depere, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4090NCessna 140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910531018659A
- Case key
- 15083
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to correct a mushed stall during liftoff. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions.
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
A private pilot made a downwind takeoff from a 2000 foot sod strip and climbed to treetop height. The pilot stated that the airplane wanted to roll off to the right and he had to fight with it to keep straight and level. The passenger described the wing dropping off on one side, then the other. The airplane mushed to ground impact 300 feet beyond the runway end. No malfunction of the airplane was reported or discovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4090N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13548
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12-F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul And Brian Keehan
- Registered owner
- Paul And Brian Keehan
- Airport
- W178 · Martins Aerodrome, runway 18, 2,000 × ft, dirt
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 496 total · 496 in this make and model · 496 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 10 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.