- Date
- September 19, 1982, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Friendswood, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89758Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820919048519A
- Case key
- 70766
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Landing gear,normal brake system - failure,totalCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not possible
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
During the landing roll, the flight crew lost directional control while landing with a right quartering head wind. Subsequently, the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway, went into a drainage ditch, and was damaged. An investigation revealed that the right brake had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89758
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8807
- Airframe hours
- 2,955
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Alan Fox
- Registered owner
- Alowco Aviation Service
- Departed
- DWH · Tomball, TX
- Destination
- 974 · Friendswood, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 9T4 · Clover Field, runway 14, 4,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 781 total · 160 in this make and model · 503 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.