# NTSB NYC90LA185: Cessna 140, N76850, Middlesex, NY, August 4, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1990, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Middlesex, NY
- Coordinates: 42.699802, -77.269218 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6998&lon=-77.2692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 6, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36708
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC90LA185
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36708/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA185

## Probable cause

THE STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF SPEED AND DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN OVERSHOOTING THE LANDING.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

A WITNESS STATED THAT THE '... AIRPLANE APPROACHED HIGH, HOT, AND LANDED LONG.' IT THEN RAN OFF THE END ONTO HIGH GRASS AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76850](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76850), registered now, S/N 11284, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11284
- Airframe hours: 3698
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85-12F 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Thomas L. Gaile, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 11, 1989, 34 hours before
- Departed: N22, PENN YAN, NY
- Airport: NONE, Middlesex, runway 21, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 255 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900804033749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900804033749A), Aug 4, 1990: Cessna 140, Middlesex, NY, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast on short runway. Ran off end into tall grass and nosed over.

## Other investigations on N76850 (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA14FA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA327), Jul 5, 2014: Cessna 140 (N76850), Parma, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land with a quartering tailwind and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the severity of the pilot's injuries was the failure…
- [NTSB UNK64X1787](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1787), May 16, 1964: Cessna 140 (N76850), Belgrade, MT, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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