- Date
- August 14, 1981
- Place
- Waco, TX · WACO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89691Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810814052259A
- Case key
- 124548
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1744 81/8/14 WACO,TX CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N89691 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING HART RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WACO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 99 175 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89691
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Hart Ranch
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N89691 · 3
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