- Date
- October 3, 1982, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wickenburg, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9474ACessna 140A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821003050399A
- Case key
- 73046
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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 stated the aircraft touched the runway then ballooned during a wheels-first landing. After the pilot decided to execute a go-around and the aircraft became airborne, it became apparent that the aircraft could not clear rising terrain. The pilot cut the power and landed into the brush.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9474A
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15295
- Airframe hours
- 7,283
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sdwin J. Rolf
- Registered owner
- Sdwin J. Rolf
- Departed
- C · Aguila, AZ
- Destination
- C · Icksanburg, AZ
- Airport
- Wickenburg Municipal, runway 23, 4,250 × 0 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 300 in this make and model · 240 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
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 N9474A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.