- Date
- December 21, 1984, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77110Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841221068419A
- Case key
- 35817
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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
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Supervision - inadequateCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft skidded & veered left during the landing roll, & subsequently, it nosed over on the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77110
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11568
- Airframe hours
- 3,274
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Andrew Tuthill
- Registered owner
- Tuthill, Andrew
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 23, 1984
- Departed
- 2B9 · Post Mills, VT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BTV · Burlington, runway 1, 3,602 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 803 total · 20 in this make and model · 663 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 14 °F, dew point 7 °F
- 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.