# NTSB FTW02LA212: Cessna 190, N9854A, Albuquerque, NM, July 19, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 19, 2002, 11:07 local (17:07 UTC) - Place: Albuquerque, NM - Coordinates: 35.040279, -106.609169 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0403&lon=-106.6092&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 25, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 55254 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW02LA212 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55254/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55254 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA212 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A contributing factor was the crosswind. ## 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 - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - Gear collapsed, landing - roll ## Analysis During the crosswind landing, the single-engine tailwheel equipped airplane traveled to the left, and then rolled along the left side of the runway before the left main landing gear collapsed. The left wing leading edge was crushed aft and five of the support ribs sustained structural damage. The left main landing gear attachment spring was sheared. The FAA inspector reported the "possibility the spring had a previously undetected fracture which, with the side loading, may have contributed to the failure of the landing gear." The wind was reported from 230 degrees at 7 knots and variable from 180 degrees to 250 degrees. ## Factual narrative On July 19, 2002, approximately 1107 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 190, single-engine tailwheel equipped airplane, N9854A, sustained substantial damage following a loss of control while landing at the Albuquerque International Sunport Airport (ABQ), at Albuquerque, New Mexico. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The personal flight departed Prescott, Arizona, approximately 0800. The 1,450-hour pilot reported that the airplane was struck by a wind from the right during the landing on runway 8. The airplane traveled to the left, and then rolled along the left side of the runway before the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane slid on the left wing before it came to rest. The FAA inspector, who responded to the accident site, found the airplane resting at the intersection of runways 08/26 and 17/35. The left wing leading edge was crushed aft and five of the support ribs sustained structural damage. The left main landing gear attachment spring was sheared. The FAA inspector reported the "possibility the spring had a previously undetected fracture which, with the side loading, may have contributed to the failure of the landing gear." At 1100, the ABQ weather observation facility reported the wind from 230 degrees at 7 knots (180 degrees variable 250 degrees), visibility 10 statute miles, clouds scattered at 1,300 feet, temperature 25 degrees Celsius, dew point 14 degrees Celsius, and the altimeter setting 30.16 inches of Mercury. To date, a completed Owner/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) has not been submitted. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9854A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9854A), registered now, S/N 7547, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 190 - Registry model: [Cessna 190](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-190) (registry code 2072902) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7547 - Airframe hours: 2350 - Engines: Jacobs R-755-B2 270 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Mark M. Madden, Jr. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 11, 2001 - Departed: PRC, Prescott, AZ - Destination: ABQ, Albuquerque, NM - Airport: ABQ, Albuquerque International, runway 08, 13,793 × 150 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,450 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.15 inHg - Observed at: ABQ ## 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 20020719020139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020719020139A), Jul 19, 2002: Cessna 190, Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. (.19) On July 19, 2002, at 1110 mountain standard time, a Cessna 190, single-engine airplane, N9854A, sustained substantial damage during a crosswind landing… ## Other investigations on N9854A (1) 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. - [NTSB CHI84LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA189), May 14, 1984: Cessna 190 (N9854A), St. Anne, IL, substantial damage ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 7, 2003, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55254. 65 KB in all. - Statement (FAA) (item 1, .PDF, 65 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40186735&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Statement%20(FAA)-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.