- Date
- August 1, 1991, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cadillac, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76535Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910801035889A
- Case key
- 15135
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Probable cause
Improper compensation for wind conditions resulting in aircraft control not being maintained. Factors related to the accident were a gusty crosswind condition and lack of total experience by the pilot.
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 student pilot said that after three go arounds, she attempted a landing on the sod strip. The aircraft rolled a short distance then nosed over. The landing was attempted in a 90 degree crosswind of 13 knots gusting to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76535
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10971
- Airframe hours
- 2,036
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce J. Barlond
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 1, 1991
- Departed
- 5D8 · Marshall, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CAD · Cadillac, runway 18, 2,005 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- CAD, 1 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.