Accident Cessna 140 N89867, Monday 9 January 1989

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Date:	Monday 9 January 1989
Time:	13:15 LT
Type:	Cessna 140
Owner/operator:	Never Home Flying Club
Registration:	N89867
MSN:	8912
Total airframe hrs:	2815 hours
Engine model:	Continental C-85-12
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Audubon, IA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Des Moines, IA (Y76)
Destination airport:	Audubon, IA (KADU)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
WHILE ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT, THE STUDENT PILOT SAID HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE TAILWHEEL ACFT ON RUNWAY 14 WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND IN EXCESS OF 20 KNOTS. DURING THE LANDING FLARE, HE FELT HE WAS LOSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND ELECTED TO GO-AROUND. SHORTLY AFTER THAT HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DRIFTED TO THE LEFT STRIKING A TREE, THEN THE TERRAIN.

Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE CROSSWIND CONDITIONS.

Accident investigation: