# NTSB WPR22LA178: Cessna 140, N76190, Estancia, NM, May 14, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 14, 2022, 15:30 UTC
- Place: Estancia, NM
- Coordinates: 34.754866, -106.06262
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7549&lon=-106.0626&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA-FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105089
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA178
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105089/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105089
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA178

## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to land on an unsuitable surface which resulted in his loss of aircraft control.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Terrain: wet/muddy terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021035): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Cessna 140, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021035/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 110 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021035/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 49 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the tailwheel e quipped airplane reported that, he decided to initiate a landing on a dry lakebed. During the landing roll, the airplane sank in mud, rapidly decelerated and nosed over. The left-wing strut was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76190](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76190), registered now, S/N 10587, built 1946 (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: 10587
- Year built: 1946
- Airframe hours: 3822
- Engines: Continental C85-12 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 3, 2021
- Departed: E98, Los Lunas, NM
- Destination: E98, Los Lunas, NM

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review March 20, 2021; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,890 total, 55 in this make and model, 1,780 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.30 inHg

## 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 20220514006229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220514006229A), May 14, 2022: Cessna 140, Estancia, NM, Substantial damage. On may 14, 2022, at 0930 MDT, N76190, a Cessna aircraft company model CE-140, single engine airplane,[privacy data omitted] was on a personal cross country…

## Other investigations on N76190 (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW00LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA085), Feb 19, 2000: Cessna 140 (N76190), Weir, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The delayed aborted takeoff by the pilot. Factors were the pilot's intentional ground loop/swerve and the tail wind.

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 4, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105089. 4.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14455055&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR22LA178_FLAT_6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 3.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14455065&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR22LA178photo508-Rel.pdf

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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