Accident Cessna 140A N9687A, Sunday 10 September 1989

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Date:	Sunday 10 September 1989
Time:	20:03 LT
Type:	Cessna 140A
Owner/operator:	Gin Air, Inc.
Registration:	N9687A
MSN:	15408
Year of manufacture:	1950
Engine model:	Continental C-90
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Austin, TX - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Austin, TX (3R3)
Destination airport:	(3R9)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT DECIDED TO MAKE A WHEEL LANDING ON RWY 34 IN WINDS THAT WERE FROM 025 DEGREES AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. HE RPRTD THAT WHEN THE TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, A GUST CAUGHT THE ACFT. HE THEN LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL, THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIDRCRAFT. THE GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITION WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

Accident investigation: