# NTSB SEA92LA201: Cessna 140, N1482T, Vancouver, WA, September 11, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 11, 1992, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Coordinates: 45.630157, -122.519851 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6302&lon=-122.5199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 42897
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92LA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42897/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA201

## Probable cause

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

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1482T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1482T-2012-10-11), registration cancelled 2012-10-11, S/N 13081, built 1947 (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: 13081
- Airframe hours: 7960
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920911036449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920911036449A), Sep 11, 1992: Cessna 140, Vancouver, WA, Substantial damage. Student too slow on final. CFI took over but 140 landed hard in rough terrain short of runway. Collapsed left main.

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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