- Date
- July 21, 1982, 15:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ynez, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N90088Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820721030929A
- Case key
- 72547
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During practice landing the engine began to run rough and intermittently. The instructor attempted a downwind landing. Pulling up over a fence aircraft stalled and made a hard landing the aircraft then nosed over. The fuel cap vent was blocked which prevented adequate fuel flow. P/n C156003-0101.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90088
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9149
- Airframe hours
- 3,901
- Engine
- Continental C85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Quest Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- E. Gail Eckstein Etal
- Departed
- L47 · Santa Ynez, CA
- Destination
- L47 · Santa Ynez, CA
- Airport
- L47 · Santa Ynez, runway 26, 2,800 × 75 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 786 total · 51 in this make and model · 668 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.