- Date
- August 25, 1983, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Antioch, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76112Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830825049109A
- Case key
- 23834
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Nose over
Level off - improperFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - inadequateCause
Analysis
The plt stated that after the acft bounced he tried 'to salvage a bad landing.' The acft came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76112
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10509
- Airframe hours
- 2,611
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gee Bero Aero
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 7, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- 012 · Antioch, runway 27, 2,500 × 27 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
- 61
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,600 total · 55 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 1 °F, dew point 10 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.