- Date
- May 21, 1990, 18:47 local (22:47 UTC)
- Place
- Opa-Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76464Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900521016939A
- Case key
- 32661
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Probable cause
Loss of control during the landing roll due to the instructor pilot's lack of experience in tailwheel equipped aircraft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The commercial rated student/owner of the tailwheel equipped aircraft stated that he hired the flt instructor, who reportedly had 25 hrs tailwheel experience, to practice takeoffs & landings. During the landing roll of a full stop landing, while in a three point attitude with both pilots on the controls, the acft began to fishtail. The instructor attempted to correct this with rudder & throttle, but was unsuccessful. The acft ground looped to the rt which caused the lt main landing gear to collapse. The acft spun about 160 degs & came to rest with the lt wing contacting the rwy. The student further stated that the wind was calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76464
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10896
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Anderson, Egerton A.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- OPF · Opa Locka, runway 27L, 3,503 × 100 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
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,970 total · 1,900 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- OPF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.