- Date
- September 27, 1984, 17:43 local (21:43 UTC)
- Place
- Harrisburg, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2053NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840927075209A
- Case key
- 35775
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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
Acft was landed downwind in light wind conditions by student plt. On roll-out, after normal braking was applied for deceleration, acft began to drift right. Student applied left brake as CFI also applied corrective left brake. Left brake connecting rod failed in overload. With rt brake still applied, acft swerved rt, ground looped and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2053N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12289
- Airframe hours
- 3,358
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Eichelberger
- Registered owner
- Eichelberger Well Drilling Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 8, 1984 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- N94 · Carlisle, PA
- Destination
- CXY · Harrisburg, PA
- Airport
- CXY · Capital City, runway 30, 3,894 × 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,467 total · 32 in this make and model · 1,342 as pilot in command · 183 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CXY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.