- Date
- April 28, 1992, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N77205Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920428012179A
- Case key
- 15434
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Probable cause
A stall following a downwind takeoff.
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 pilot became disoriented while taxiing for takeoff at airport which was not his home base, and took off downwind. Pilot realized that the aircraft was not going to clear trees and populated area at the end of the runway, and attempted a turn to the left. The aircraft stalled and crashed on a golf course adjacent to the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77205
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11669
- Airframe hours
- 1,782
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- H.T. Fancher
- Registered owner
- H.T. Fancher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Destination
- MO10 · Liberty, MO
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
- 74
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 850 in this make and model · 850 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVW, 19 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.