- Date
- July 16, 1983, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Londonderry, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3644VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830716033749A
- Case key
- 35233
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during a landing on rwy 23, the acft difted off the rwy when he did not allow for a x-wind. A go-around was initiated. However, the landing gear contacted a mound of dirt & the acft nosed over while it was at full throttle. Reportedly, the acft encounterd some brush before it hit the mound of dirt. The plt reported that the wind was from the east at 15, gusting 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3644V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19415
- Airframe hours
- 2,104
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Armand R. Diliberto
- Registered owner
- Unregistered
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1983
- Departed
- VT05 · Londonderry, VT
- Airport
- VT05 · No. Windham, runway 23, 2,000 × 75 ft, gravel
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 83 in this make and model · 58 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.