# NTSB CHI92LA050: Cessna 140, N72625, Minneapolis, MN, December 10, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 10, 1991, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Coordinates: 44.930881, -93.46035 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9309&lon=-93.4604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15365
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15365/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA050

## Probable cause

REMEDIAL ACTION WAS NOT PERFORMED BY THE CFI.  A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE STUDENT PILOT.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, dual student (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE CFI PILOT SAID THAT THE STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT AND OVER APPLIED THE BRAKES.  THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N72625](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72625), registered now, S/N 9801, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 9801
- Airframe hours: 5393
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Gary K. Treanor
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 12, 1991, 35 hours before
- Airport: FCM, Flying Cloud, runway 27, 3,599 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 860 total, 45 in this make and model, 800 as pilot in command, 125 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: FCM, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19911210055669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911210055669A), Dec 10, 1991: Cessna STC140, Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Student lost directional control on landing then over applied brakes. Left the runway and nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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