# NTSB LAX83LA006: Cessna 140A, N9474A, Wickenburg, AZ, October 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 3, 1982, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Location: 33.9858° N, 112.7683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wickenburg, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9858&lon=-112.7683&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73046
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA006
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73046/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA006

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9474A-2020-10-31), registration cancelled 2020-10-31, S/N 15295, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Registry model: [Cessna 140A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (registry code 2071604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15295
- Airframe hours: 7283
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821003050399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821003050399A), Oct 3, 1982: Cessna 140A, Wickenburg, AZ, Substantial damage. Ballooned on wheel landing. Veered off runway heading on a attempted go around. Unable to outclimb terrain.

## Other investigations on N9474A (2)

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 WPR20FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20FA086), Feb 6, 2020: Cessna 140 (N9474A), Sonora, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees during approach for landing.
- [NTSB LAX70F0072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70F0072), Jul 29, 1969: Cessna 140A (N9474A), Tucson, AZ, substantial damage

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.

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