- Date
- August 23, 1991, 07:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ward, AR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2559NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910823036589A
- Case key
- 23390
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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 pilot made a flaps up landing to a wet, grass airstrip. During the landing roll, a right drift developed which the pilot was unable to correct with rudder and aileron. The airplane collided with two trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2559N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12815
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Martin D. Odum
- Registered owner
- Martin D. Odum
- Departed
- NONE · Cabot, AR
- Airport
- NONE · Dogwood, runway 18, 4,000 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 328 total · 17 in this make and model · 272 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N2559N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.