- Date
- February 25, 1984, 17:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Longview, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2491NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840225004919A
- Case key
- 21270
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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 plt landed in an rough surface overrun area marked by painted tires as unusable. The right main gear collapsed after touchdown and the acft slid to a stop. The plt said he did not see the tires marking the overrun until after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2491N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12744
- Engine
- Continental C85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ransford A. Heatwole
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 20, 1983
- Airport
- 33F · East Side, runway 13, 2,400 × 75 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 82 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 155° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.