- Date
- July 13, 1994, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kent, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77045Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940713018449A
- Case key
- 41963
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor to the accident was wind gust.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot reported that during the landing roll, there was a gust of wind from the left. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
On July 13, 1994, at 1215 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 140, N77045, nosed over during the landing roll at the Crest Airpark, Kent, Washington, during a local solo instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot was not injured.
The pilot reported that during the landing roll on runway 33, there was a gust of wind from the left. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77045
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11499
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hill, Mark A.
- Registered owner
- Hill, Mark A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- S36 · Crest Airpark, runway 33, 3,267 × 40 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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.
Other investigations on N77045 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.