# NTSB GAA15CA031: Cessna 140, N2026V, Easton, MD, March 16, 2015 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 16, 2015, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC) - Place: Easton, MD - Coordinates: 38.7975, -76.071945 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7975&lon=-76.0719&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report June 9, 2015 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 90974 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA15CA031 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90974/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90974 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA031 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 27 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 46 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis While remaining in the traffic pattern and on his third landing; the pilot reported while crossing the intersection of two runways during his roll out, he lost directional control when the airplane "reversed direction rapidly", subsequently resulting in runway excursion and substantial damage to the fuselage and left rear lift strut and minor injury to the pilot. ## Factual narrative While remaining in the traffic pattern and on his third landing; the pilot reported while crossing the intersection of two runways during his roll out, he lost directional control when the airplane "reversed direction rapidly", subsequently resulting in runway excursion and substantial damage to the fuselage and left rear lift strut and minor injury to the pilot. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2026V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2026V), registered now, S/N 14297, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 140 (G) - Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 14297 - Year built: 1947 - Airframe hours: 2875 - Engines: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES 85 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Hannegan Kenneth P - Registered owner: Hannegan Kenneth P - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 17, 2014 - Departed: ESN, Easton, MD - Destination: ESN, Easton, MD - Airport: ESN, Easton/Newnam Field, runway 04, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 74; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 8, 2014; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 607.2 total, 28.2 in this make and model, 607.2 as pilot in command, 3.5 in the last 90 days, 1.5 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 32 °F - Altimeter: 30.07 inHg - Observed at: KESN ## 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 20150316004839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150316004839A), Mar 16, 2015: Cessna 140, Easton, MD, Substantial damage. Pilot stated he had performed 3 take off and landings. On the last landing, he stated he was on roll out and the aircraft suddenly pulled to the left and off… ## Other investigations on N2026V (1) 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. - [NTSB MIA68D0251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68D0251), Nov 4, 1967: Cessna 140 (N2026V), Collegedale, TN, substantial damage ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 1, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90974. 5.7 MB in all. - Record of Email - AIG (item 1, .PDF, 168 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40427130&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Email%20-%20AIG-Master.PDF - Photo 1 - Airplane Left Side (Photo Courtesy of AIG) (item 2, .PDF, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40427131&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Airplane%20Left%20Side%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20AIG)-Master.PDF - Photo 2 - Left Side Fuselage (Photo Courtesy of AIG) (item 3, .PDF, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40427132&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%20-%20Left%20Side%20Fuselage%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20AIG)-Master.PDF - Photo 3 - Left Rear Lift Strut (Photo Courtesy of AIG) (item 4, .PDF, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40427133&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%203%20-%20Left%20Rear%20Lift%20Strut%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20AIG)-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.