- Date
- April 14, 1995, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Foxworth, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3625VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950414048649A
- Case key
- 37756
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's selection of an unuitable landing strip for landing.
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 pilot elected to land on a grass strip to check his fuel caps for he had failed to do this prior to departure. During landing rollout the aircraft collided with a drainage ditch which was obscured by grass. The aircraft then nosed over.
Factual narrative
On April 14, 1995, about 1700 central daylight time, a Cessna 140, N3625V, registered to Sandra L. Ledgerwood, collided with a ditch and nosed over while landing on a grass strip at Foxworth, Mississippi, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damaged and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at about 1630.
The pilot stated that after departure from Hattiesburg he realized he had not checked his fuel caps. He saw a grass landing strip below him and decided to land there and check his caps. While on the landing roll the airplane collided with a drainage ditch which was obscured by tall grass and the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported the accident to NTSB on April 19, 1995.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3625V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14896
- Airframe hours
- 5,424
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Oldford, Derrick B.
- Registered owner
- Sandra L. Ledgerwood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1995 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- HBG · Hattiesburg, MS
- Destination
- ESF · Alexandria, LA
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 278 total · 278 in this make and model · 215 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GPT, 60 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.
Other investigations on N3625V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.