# NTSB LAX86LA148: Cessna 140, N89698, Rio Linda, CA, March 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 20, 1986, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Rio Linda, CA
- Coordinates: 38.680271, -121.449737 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6803&lon=-121.4497&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25098
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA148
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25098/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA148

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - daylight
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

ON MARCH 20, 1986, A CESSNA 140 NOSED OVER IN MUD AFTER RUNNING OFF RUNWAY 17. VMC PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS TOO FAST ON HIS APPROACH AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY INTO MUD WHERE IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89698](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89698), registered now, S/N 8747, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8747
- Airframe hours: 3476
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85-12F 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James L. Garrett
- Registered owner: James L Garrett
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 27, 1985
- Airport: Q94, Rio Linda, runway 17, 2,750 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 89 total, 26 in this make and model, 41 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SAC

## 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 19860320007079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860320007079A), Mar 20, 1986: Cessna 140, Rio Linda, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway during landing. Pilot overcorrected during a high speed rollout.

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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