# NTSB SEA95LA067: Cessna 140, N3605V, Ogden, UT, March 15, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 15, 1995, 15:20 local (22:20 UTC) - Place: Ogden, UT - Coordinates: 41.150451, -111.980918 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1505&lon=-111.9809&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 29, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 42123 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA95LA067 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42123/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA067 ## Probable cause DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE A LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN TYPE OF AIRCRAFT AND CROSSWIND. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll ## Analysis THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT AFTER BEING CHECKED OUT IN A TAIL WHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE, THE AIRPLANE WAS A LITTLE HIGH ON FINAL APPROACH, AND TOUCH DOWN WAS LONG DOWN THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, IT BOUNCED TWICE, EACH TIME VEERING INTO THE LEFT CROSSWIND. THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO GO-AROUND, HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY A THIRD TIME, AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE THEN SKIDDED TO A STOP, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING. ## Factual narrative On March 15, 1995, at 1520 mountain standard time, a Cessna 140, N3605V, ground looped during a touch-and-go landing at Ogden, Utah. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. During a telephone interview and subsequent written statement, the pilot reported that this was his first solo flight, in a tailwheel airplane, since he had been signed off by his flight instructor as competent to act as Pilot-In-Command (PIC). The purpose of the flight was to practice touch-and-go landings. During the first landing, the pilot stated that his altitude was a little high on final approach and the airplane landed long down runway 34. After the airplane touched down, it bounced twice, each time veering into the left crosswind. The pilot added power to go-around, however, the airplane settled to the runway a third time and the right main landing gear collapsed. The airplane then skidded down the runway, damaging the right wing. The pilot's flight logbook indicates a total flight time of 148 hours, with 96 hours as PIC in all aircraft. The pilot reported a total of seven hours of dual instruction, with a flight instructor on board, in the tailwheel equipped accident airplane. The last flight with the flight instructor was on February 27, 1995. At the time of the accident, the winds were reported from 270 degrees at nine knots. The pilot was landing on runway 34. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3605V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3605V-2013-08-13), registration cancelled 2013-08-13, S/N 14873, built 1948 (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: 14873 - Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85 85 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Hemsley, Ted R. - Registered owner: Burkes, Dwight B. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, February 1, 1995 - Airport: OGD, Ogden-Hinkley, runway 34, 5,352 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 148 total, 7 in this make and model, 96 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 9 knots - Visibility: 25 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 18,000 ft broken - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: OGD ## 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 19950315006769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950315006769A), Mar 15, 1995: Cessna 140, Ogden, UT, Substantial damage. First solo in tailwheel type. Bounced twice swerving into crosswind. Side loading collapsed right main gear. From the NTSB's public API. 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