# NTSB ERA21LA348: Cessna 140, N76596, Bloomsburg, PA, July 25, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 25, 2021, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC) - Place: Bloomsburg, PA - Coordinates: 40.997651, -76.435246 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9977&lon=-76.4352&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/DSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 103809 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA21LA348 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103809/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103809 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA348 ## Probable cause The pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing rollout, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 27 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 46 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot had recently purchased the airplane and was flying with a flight instructor to meet his insurance company requirements and to become familiar with the aircraft. He reported that during the landing rollout, the flight instructor told him to utilize the brake, since the aircraft was starting to turn and they “were running out of rudder.” The airplane then veered to the left and nearly came to a stop but departed the runway and descended an embankment, impacted terrain, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. The flight instructor reported that when the airplane began to yaw left, he instructed the pilot to utilize the brakes and he simultaneously applied full right rudder but could not arrest the yawing motion. The airplane was not equipped with brake controls for the right seat position. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N76596](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76596), registered now, S/N 11036, 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 C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 11036 - Year built: 1946 - Airframe hours: 3324 - Engines: Continental C85-12F 85 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 3, 2020, 17.3 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: N13, Bloomsburg Muni, runway 27, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 58; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 7, 2021; seat: left; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 1,350 total, 1 in this make and model, 1,300 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days - Flight instructor; age 50; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; seat: right; flight hours: 11,024 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,700 ft broken - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 29.91 inHg - Observed at: SEG, 22 nm away - METAR: METAR KSEG 251453Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM BKN037 OVC043 25/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP123 T02500211 55002= ## 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 20210725013349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210725013349A), Jul 25, 2021: Cessna 140, Bloomsburg, PA, Substantial damage. 07/25/2021: Airman[privacy data omitted], a private pilot with a tailwheel endorsement, recently purchased the accident aircraft and was required by his… ## Docket (6 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 5, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103809. 91.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12720537&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=01-01%20NTSB%20Form%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot and flight instructor statements (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 204 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12720688&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=01-02%20Pilot%20and%20CFI%20Statements_print_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record - supplemental information from pilot (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 205 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12719633&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=01-03%20%20MFR%20-%20Supplemental%20Information%20from%20Pilot_ERA21LA348-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record - information from FAA inspector (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 205 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12727404&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=01-04%20%20MFR%20-%20Information%20from%20FAA%20Inspector_ERA21LA348-Rel.pdf - Maintenance records excerpts (item 5, PDF, 4 pages, 88.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12720446&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=03-01%20Maintenance%20Records%20Excerpts_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 6, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 491 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12720369&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=06-01%20Photo%20Array%20-%20B%20-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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