- Date
- August 29, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hitchcock, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3625VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830829045079A
- Case key
- 21034
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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.
Analysis
The acft nosed over during takeoff. The flt said that the rwy was 50 ft wide but had been mowed only to a width of 20 ftthe plt allowed the acft to drift into the high grass alongside the rwy. The acft continued off the rwy and nosed over in tail grass. According to charts the rwy is 100 ft wide.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3625V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14896
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald C. Ricketson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1982
- Airport
- 37R · Johnie Volk, runway 16, 3,300 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 890 total · 454 in this make and model · 829 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3625V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.