Cessna 140 N527ST
8 April 2004 · Greenville, South Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 April 2004 at about 18:41 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N527ST was involved in an accident near Greenville, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:41
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Greenville, South Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Greenville Downtown Airport (KGMU)
- Coordinates
- 34.8478, -82.3500
- Aircraft
- Cessna 140
- Registration
- N527ST
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Clemson → Greenville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL04LA092
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
Fatigue failure of the leaf spring gear strut.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was cleared to land and went through his approach check with everything normal. The airplane crossed over the landing threshold and settled onto the runway in a three point landing attitude. During the landing roll, the pilot felt the left wing start to dip and the airplane vibrating. The airplane turned approximately 20-degrees to the right, the left front side struck the runway and the airplane came to a stop. The pilot had completed a series of touch and go landings, and during the accident landing, the leaf spring landing gear assembly broke. Examination revealed that the leaf spring gear strut fracture stemmed from an area of fatigue cracking that initiated at the upper forward side of the inboard hole for the step attachment bolts. Given the observed corrosion in the bolt hole, it was determined that the fatigue originated from corrosion pitting. For fatigue to initiate at the upper side of the spring strut, the upper side must have been placed in tension. According to the aircraft maintenance logbook for the 1946 built airplane, the leaf spring gear assembly and the total airframe time was 3,375 hours.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 140 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sep 2004 | Cessna 140 | North Pole, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Jul 2004 | Cessna 140 | Wimauma, Florida, United States | Robert Mueller | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 2004 | Cessna 140 | Vacaville, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Aug 2004 | Cessna 140 | Kingston, Oklahoma, United States | Thomas J. Teegarden | No injuries | - |
| 18 Mar 2004 | Cessna 140 | Portland, Texas, United States | William F. Mauch | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Dec 2004 | Cessna 140 | Spanaway, Washington, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
All 1,576 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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