Accident Cessna 140 N77365, Friday 13 August 2021

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Date:	Friday 13 August 2021
Time:	19:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 140
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N77365
MSN:	11806
Year of manufacture:	1946
Total airframe hrs:	3837 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-200-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Greenville, Illinois - United States of America
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Greenville, IL
Destination airport:	Greenville, IL
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot reported that he conducted two normal full stop landings in the tailwheel equipped airplane. After the second landing he was taxiing back to park when the airplane ground looped. The propeller struck the ground, and the airplane nosed over. Both wings and the vertical stabilizer sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there no mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operations.

Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during taxi which resulted in a ground loop.

Accident investigation: