- Date
- March 18, 2019, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Corvallis, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5641CCessna 140
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190318001609A
- Case key
- 99207
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a propeller strike and subsequent nose-over.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to both pilots in the tailwheel-equipped airplane, the newly endorsed tailwheel pilot was on the flight controls during the landing. The pilot at the controls recalled that, when the airplane touched down, it bounced, so she added power, but the airplane bounced again before it settled on the runway. During the landing roll, the airplane veered right, and she overcorrected to the left. She then applied right rudder, but the airplane became "squirrelly." The other pilot, who was the owner of the airplane, grabbed the yoke and applied rudder to regain directional control. The airplane decelerated, the propeller struck the runway, and the airplane nosed over. The other pilot reported that he did not apply the brakes. When asked, the pilot at the controls during the landing could not recall whether she applied the brakes. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder and vertical stabilizer. Both pilots reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to both pilots in the tailwheel-equipped airplane, the newly endorsed tailwheel pilot was on the flight controls during the landing. She recalled that when the airplane touched down, it bounced, so she added power, but the airplane bounced again, before it settled on the runway. During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the right, and she over-corrected to the left. She then applied right rudder, but the airplane became, "squirrelly." The second pilot, who was the owner of the airplane, grabbed the yoke and applied rudder to regain directional control. The airplane decelerated, the propeller struck the runway, and the airplane nosed over. He asserted that, at no time did he apply the brakes. When asked, the first pilot could not recall whether she applied the brakes. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the rudder and vertical stabilizer. Both pilots reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5641C
- Reported as
- Cessna 140 (A)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15595
- Built
- 1950
- Airframe hours
- 3,350
- Engine
- Continental C90-14F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cruisair Llc
- Registered owner
- Cruisair Llc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 23, 2018
- Departed
- 77S · Creswell, OR
- Destination
- CVO · Corvallis, OR
- Airport
- CVO · Corvallis Muni, runway 35, 5,900 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 75
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 1, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,572 total · 39 in this make and model · 3,303.3 as pilot in command · 18.6 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 31, 2019
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 877 total · 7.8 in this make and model · 572 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 12.8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.70 inHg
- Observed at
- KCVO
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 15, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.