- Date
- May 14, 1985, 21:30 local (May 15, 1985, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Boerne, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2431VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850514020309A
- Case key
- 21585
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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Loss of control - in flight
Directional control - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The acft cartwheeled after contacting a tree while landing. The plt reported a hard landing occurred, the acft bounced 10 to 20 ft in the air and veered left where it contacted the tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2431V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14680
- Airframe hours
- 2,156
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas White, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1984 · 65 hours before
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 215 in this make and model · 215 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.