- Date
- September 11, 1992, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1482TCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920911036449A
- Case key
- 42897
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Inadequate remedial action of the pilot in command (CFI). Factors include airspeed not being maintained by the student pilot, and rough/uneven terrain.
Analysis
The student pilot of the Cessna 140 allowed his airspeed to get too low while on short final. The instructor pilot took control of the aircraft, but was unable to recover before the aircraft experienced a hard landing in rough terrain just short of the runway threshold. As a result of the hard landing, the left main gear collapsed.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1482T
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13081
- Airframe hours
- 7,960
- Engine
- Continental C85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcdaniel, Jacob H.
- Registered owner
- Mcdaniel, Jacob H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 6, 1992 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- 59S
- Destination
- 59S
- Airport
- 59S · Evergreen Airport, runway 28, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 15 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Observed at
- PDX, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.