- Date
- August 1, 1986, 07:24 local (14:24 UTC)
- Place
- Oroville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77326Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860801037049A
- Case key
- 25225
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Cessna 140 nosed over in a ditch after aborting a takeoff. The plt indicated he was practicing stop and go landings. During the last landing the right brake was inadvertently applied and the acft veered to the right off the rwy. The plt initiated a go-around by applying full power. The acft was off the rwy with the takeoff ground run transpiring on right shoulder. The acft became airborne aprx mid-field and the plt cautious not to stall the acft leveled off to allow the airspeed to build. The plt then noticed an approximately 4 ft tall fence and judged he had sufficient alt to clear the obstacle. As he crossed the fence approximately 220 ft from the rwy centerline he heard an unusual 'twang' noise and assumed he had struck the fence. He decided to abort the takeoff and landed on the right shoulder of the rwy. During the landing ground roll, the acft plunged into a 10 ft deep ditch and nosed over. A post accident examination of the acft revealed barb wire entangled on the tailwheel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77326
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11768
- Airframe hours
- 1,222
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 SERIES, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter R. Larsen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- Oroville, CA
- Airport
- OVE · Oroville, runway 19, 5,960 × 150 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 692 total · 200 in this make and model · 532 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CIC, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.