BASTROP, LA, USA
N2673N
CESSNA 140
THE PILOT OF A NEWLY PURCHASED TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE WAS PRACTICING CROSS WIND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 18. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AFTER APPLYING POWER DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL OF HIS FIRST TOUCH AND GO LANDING. THE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE FROM 070 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. THE PILOT HAD ACCUMULATED A TOTAL OF 7.5 HOURS IN THE TYPE OF AIRPLANE. HE REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE TURNED APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES LEFT AND BEGAN SKIPPING SIDEWAYS DOWN THE RUNWAY. WHEN IT LEFT THE RUNWAY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SEPERATED AND THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND.
On August 16, 1993, at 1815 central daylight time, a Cessna 140, N2673N, was substantially damaged upon impact with the ground following a loss of control during takeoff from the Morehouse Memorial Airport, near Bastrop, Louisiana. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area for the personal flight. According to the pilot, he had accumulated seven and a half hours on the airplane since he purchased it two weeks prior to the accident. He added that he planned to stay in the traffic pattern to practice cross wind landings. The pilot stated that during the first landing, after executing a wheel landing on Runway 18, he "pushed in the throttle to takeoff again and the plane jumped up and turned approximately 90 degrees towards the left side of the runway and began skipping sideways". The right main landing gear separated from airframe and the right wing impacted the ground. Winds were from 070 degrees at 8 knots. The wreckage was released to the owner at the accident site.
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND HIS IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR EXISTING WIND CONDITIONS. FACTORS WERE THE CROSSWIND AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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