- Date
- April 19, 1984, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Miller, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89740Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840419013869A
- Case key
- 16366
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Lack of total experience
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The acft ground-looped during the plt's first solo landing & the right main landing gear sheared off. The CFI said the student had made between 30 to 40 landings prior to the solo flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89740
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8789
- Airframe hours
- 7,408
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alan Schultz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- IDO · Miller Muni., runway 13, 2,800 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.