- Date
- April 7, 1993, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Doylestown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N46TMCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930407008109A
- Case key
- 37302
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot passenger to maintain adequate airspeed and the failure of the pilot in command to adequately supervise the flight.
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
The airplane was observed to make a touch and go. On climbout at an altitude of approximately 300 feet, the airplane was observed to enter a descending right turn and impact the ground on the right wing and nose. Post accident investigation found the tachometer stuck at approximately 2200 RPM and chord wise scratches were visible on one blade of the propeller. Fuel was found in the carburetor and no defects were found with the engine or airframe. The PIC who occupied the left seat said he did not remember what happened, and that the right seat pilot was operating the flight controls just prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46TM
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9969
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard E. Farley
- Registered owner
- P.J. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 23, 1992
- Departed
- N88
- Destination
- N88
- Airport
- N88 · Doylestown, runway 5, 3,004 × 60 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,800 total · 150 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.