- Date
- February 20, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsbluff, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1798VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830220004469A
- Case key
- 33385
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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 aircraft made a hard landing while landing at Scottsbluff NE during a pleasure flight. The aircraft was landing on runway 30 with the wind from 350 degrees at 8 KTS. A witness said the aircraft bounced 2 times before groundlooping off the left side of the runway. The pilot said he landed in a 3 point attitude and the wind picked the aircraft up. He said application of power and lowering the nose did not prevent the aircraft from impacting the runway a 2nd time. He said the aircraft nose was about 15 degrees off runway alignment when it impacted the runway and groundlooped to the left. The right main gear broke off during the swerve.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1798V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13983
- Airframe hours
- 4,394
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- One-40 Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1983 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- BFF · Scottsbluff, runway 30, 8,280 × 150 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 21 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.