# NTSB MIA04CA114: Cessna 140, N89617, Wimauma, FL, July 31, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 31, 2004, 13:35 local (17:35 UTC) - Place: Wimauma, FL - Coordinates: 27.711944, -82.282775 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7119&lon=-82.2828&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 3, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 59865 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA04CA114 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59865/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA114 ## Probable cause The improper in-flight weather evaluation by the student pilot resulting in a downwind landing and subsequent nose over. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose over, landing - roll - weather evaluation - improper, pilot in command (cause) - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command ## Analysis The pilot stated that after departure he elected to divert to the Wimauma Air Park to visit with a mechanic about an annual inspection to his airplane. He circled over the center of the runway at the Wimauma Air Park, and entered the traffic pattern for runway 09; the windsock indicated the wind was calm. He turned base then final and touched down in a three-point attitude with full flaps extended, then bounced approximately 1 foot. He eased forward on the control yoke and the main landing gears contacted the runway, while he held the control yoke neutral. The airplane then "nosed over" suddenly coming to rest inverted. He exited the airplane and noted every couple of minutes a gust of wind from the west at 25-30 miles-per-hour. He further reported there was no discrepancy with the flight controls or brakes, and there was, "no problem with the aircraft." A witness on the field reported that at the time of the accident, the wind was from the west at 5-7 knots; there were no gusts at the time of the accident. During the day, the wind had been from either the southwest or west; the wind direction was changing due to a thunderstorm that was located south of the field. The witness also reported there are 2 fully operational windsocks located on the airport; both are located south of the south edge of runway 09/27, and near the approach end of runway 09. ## Factual narrative On July 31, 2004, about 1335 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 140, N89617, listed with the FAA as "Sale Reported", and operated by a private individual, nosed over during the landing roll at the Wimauma Air Park, Wimauma, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight from South Lakeland Airport, Mulberry, Florida, to Airport Manatee, Palmetto, Florida. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 1300, from the South Lakeland Airport. The pilot stated that after departure he elected to divert to the Wimauma Air Park to visit with a mechanic about an annual inspection to his airplane. He circled over the center of the runway at Wimauma Air Park, and entered the traffic pattern for runway 09; the windsock indicated the wind was calm. He turned base then final and touched down in a three-point attitude with full flaps extended, then bounced approximately 1 foot. He eased forward on the control yoke and the main landing gears contacted the runway, while he held the control yoke neutral. The airplane then "nosed over" suddenly coming to rest inverted. He exited the airplane and noted every couple of minutes a gust of wind from the west at 25-30 miles-per-hour. He further reported there was no discrepancy with the flight controls or brakes, and there was, "no problem with the aircraft." A witness on the field reported that at the time of the accident, the wind was from the west at 5-7 knots; there were no gusts at the time of the accident. During the day, the wind had been from either the southwest or west; the wind direction was changing due to a thunderstorm that was located south of the field. The witness also reported there are two fully operational windsocks located on the airport; both are located south of the south edge of runway 09/27, and near the approach end of runway 09. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N89617](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89617-2006-06-30), registration cancelled 2006-06-30, S/N 8664, 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: 8664 - Engines: Continental C-85-12F reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Robert Mueller - Registered owner: "Sale Reported" - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: X49, Mulberry, FL - Destination: FD77, Wimauma, FL - Airport: FD77, Wimauma Air Park, runway 09 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; student; medical: class 3; flight hours: 113 total, 113 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20040731027949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040731027949A), Jul 31, 2004: Cessna 140, Wimauma, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 31, 2004 at 1336 EDT a Cessna 140, N89617, owned by robert mueller, crashed on landing roll out at Wimauma airport, sun city, Florida. The… 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. 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