# NTSB LAX86LA310: Cessna 140, N77326, Oroville, CA, August 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1986, 07:24 local (14:24 UTC)
- Place: Oroville, CA
- Coordinates: 39.500896, -121.669952 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5009&lon=-121.6700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25225
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA310
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25225/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA310

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - brakes(normal) - inadvertent use, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - judgment - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77326-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N 11768, 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: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11768
- Airframe hours: 1222
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860801037049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860801037049A), Aug 1, 1986: Cessna STC140, Oroville, CA, Substantial damage. Failed to maintain directional control on landing. Attempted a go around and struck a fence, aborted, struck ditch.

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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