- Date
- July 20, 1983, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Plattsburgh, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76079Cessna C140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830720033919A
- Case key
- 35234
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Landing gear,main gear - separationCause
Directional control - not possibleFactor
Landing gear,axle - separationCause
Directional control - not possibleFactor
Maintenance - improperCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,axle - stripped threadCause
Analysis
The acft groundlooped following separation of the right wheel and axle during a practice short field landing. Examination revealed two of the four axle attaching bolts were stripped and missing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76079
- Reported as
- Cessna C140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10473
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental 90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bernard M. Kentile
- Registered owner
- Druck & Gerner, Dds Pc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1983
- Departed
- PLB · Plattsburgh, NY
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,495 total · 50 in this make and model · 1,415 as pilot in command · 184 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.