# NTSB FTW85FRG01: Cessna 140, N2431V, Boerne, TX, May 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1985, 21:30 local (May 15, 1985, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Boerne, TX
- Coordinates: 29.799667, -98.729499 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7997&lon=-98.7295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21585
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85FRG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21585/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FRG01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2431V-1988-07-18), registration cancelled 1988-07-18, S/N 14680 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14680
- Airframe hours: 2156
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850514020309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850514020309A), May 14, 1985: Cessna 140, Boerne, TX, Substantial damage. Returned for landing because of low oil pressure. Made steep approach with low airspeed. Bounced, swerved, hit tree

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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