- Date
- August 15, 2007, 12:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Olympia, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4084NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20070815018479A
- Case key
- 66539
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
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 said that during landing she lost directional control and the aircraft ground looped. During the accident sequence the airplane collided with portable barricade signs. The pilot reported no abnormalities or malfunctions prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
The pilot said that during landing she lost directional control and the aircraft ground looped. During the accident sequence the airplane collided with portable barricade signs. The pilot reported no abnormalities or malfunctions prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4084N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13542
- Airframe hours
- 3,349
- Engine
- Continental C85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 2007
- Departed
- HQM · Hoquiam, WA
- Destination
- OLM · Olympia, WA
- Airport
- OLM · Olympia Airport, runway 26, 4,157 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 460 total · 18 in this make and model · 353 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- OLM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.