- Date
- March 16, 1991, 16:53 local (Mar 17, 1991, 00:53 UTC)
- Place
- Pullman, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2455NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910316005529A
- Case key
- 41401
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Probable cause
The pilot's encounter with wake turbulence shortly before touchdown, resulting in a hard landing.
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 pilot of the Cessna 140 stated that he encountered wake turbulence on short final. The aircraft rolled to the right. He attempted a recovery, but the aircraft sustained a hard landing, collapsing the right main landing gear, resulting in a ground-loop to the right. A swearingen commuter aircraft had landed on the runway a few minutes earlier.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2455N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12708
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles F. Roper
- Registered owner
- Charles F. Roper
- Departed
- 72S · Rosalia, WA
- Airport
- PUW · Pullman/Moscow Reg., runway 5, 6,731 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 235 total · 111 in this make and model · 181 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.