# NTSB LAX94LA251: Cessna 140, N2927N, Ramona, CA, June 11, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 11, 1994, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC) - Place: Ramona, CA - Coordinates: 33.070129, -116.829238 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0701&lon=-116.8292&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 12, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 28771 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX94LA251 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/28771/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA251 ## Probable cause a failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane. A lack of total experience in tailwheel type airplanes was a factor in the accident. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Gear collapsed, landing - roll - landing gear,main gear - overload ## Analysis THE AIRCRAFT OWNER WAS PROVIDING FAMILIARIZATION IN THE TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE TO THE FIRST PILOT. AFTER DEMONSTRATING SEVERAL MANEUVERS AND A LANDING, THE FIRST PILOT TOOK THE CONTROLS AND CONDUCTED A LANDING. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE PILOT HAD ACCRUED 1 HOUR IN THE AIRPLANE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ## Factual narrative On June 11, 1994, about 1500 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 140, N2927N, crashed during landing at the Ramona Airport, Ramona, California. The airplane, occupied by the owner and the pilot, was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local flight when the accident occurred. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The certificated private pilot (first pilot) occupying the right seat received minor injuries. The aircraft owner (second pilot), a certificated airline transport pilot occupying the left seat, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Gillespie Field, El Cajon, California, about 1430 hours. The pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was to gain familiarization with the airplane. The second pilot demonstrated several maneuvers and a landing. The first pilot then took the controls and made a landing on runway 27. During the landing roll, the pilot indicated that the airplane veered to the left. The right landing gear then collapsed and the airplane received damaged to the fuselage, right wing, and engine. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness inspector, San Diego Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), examined the airplane. He reported that the right main landing gear was torn from the fuselage. The fuselage was buckled behind the left main gear. The right doorposts were sheared from their attachment points. The right wing was buckled about 2 feet inboard from the tip. The first pilot holds a private pilot certificate with an airplane single-engine land rating. According to the pilot/operator report that the pilot submitted, his total aeronautical experience consists of about 350 hours, of which 1 hour was accrued in the accident aircraft make and model. The closest official weather observation station is Gillespie Field, El Cajon, California, which is located 14 nautical miles south of the accident site. At 1549 hours, a surface observation was reporting in part: Sky condition and ceiling, partial obscuration, 2,500 feet scattered clouds; visibility, 7 miles; temperature, 73 degrees F; wind, 250 degrees at 7 knots; altimeter, 29.94 inHg; remarks, haze. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2927N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2927N-1996-06-18), registration cancelled 1996-06-18, S/N 13188 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 140 - Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 13188 - Airframe hours: 5996 - Engines: LYCOMING O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: David Novick - Registered owner: Taildragger Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 6, 1993, 48 hours before - Departed: SEE, EL CAJON, CA - Airport: L39, Ramona, runway 27, 4,000 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 350 total, 1 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 7 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: SEE, 14 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 19940611015009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940611015009A), Jun 11, 1994: Cessna STC140, Ramona, CA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing the tail wheel 140. Veered sharply left collapsed right main. Wing fuselage damage ## Other investigations on N2927N (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 LAX69D0126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69D0126), Sep 6, 1968: Cessna 140 (N2927N), San Diego, CA, substantial damage - [NTSB UNK64X3561](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3561), Aug 23, 1964: Cessna 140 (N2927N), San Diego, CA, minor 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.