Cessna 140 accident near St. Joseph, MO
On August 4, 1998, a Cessna 140 (airplane) was involved in an accident near St. Joseph, MO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 4, 1998
- Place
- St. Joseph, MO
- Aircraft
- Cessna 140 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.761°N, 94.849°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10782
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 4, 1998, at 1724 central daylight time, a Cessna 140, N2364V, piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed during a collision with the ground following a loss of control while on a landing approach to runway 35 (8,059' X 150', dry asphalt) at the Rosecrans Memorial Airport, St. Joseph, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed Dubuque, Iowa, exact time unknown. A witness, taxiing a United States Air Force (USAF) Missouri Air National Guard Lockheed C-130 southbound and parallel to runway 35, said he "...looked up, ahead and slightly to my right to see a Cessna 140... at [a] very low altitude (less than 50 feet) just short of the threshold for assault 31 [a USAF Lockheed C-130] (C-130), [and] about 100 yards east of runway 17/35. The aircraft was initially wings level, then banked sharply to the left about 35 degrees and [then] very rapidly to the right over 90 degrees right bank. At this point the aircraft wingtip was less than 20 feet above the ground. As soon as the bank exceeded 90 degrees the nose dropped rapidly and the aircraft impacted the ground." Another pilot in the same C-130 said he observed another C-130 land on runway 31 and was "...about halfway down [the runway], approximately 10 to 15 seconds, when the Cessna 140 came into my field of view." This witness said N2364V was about 20 to 30 feet above the ground and was in a 30
Probable cause
the pilot not maintaining a proper final approach glide path to avoid an encounter with wake turbulence. A factor in this accident was the pilot not being able to control the airplane after its encounter with wake turbulence.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
