# Accident 19730707018239A: Cessna 140, Metamora, IL, July 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1973
- Place: Metamora, IL
- Airport: Wernsman Rla
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 40.7950° N, 89.3684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Metamora, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7950&lon=-89.3684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2123N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2123N-1989-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 885 total, 90 in this make and model, 204 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AEV01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AEV01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730707018239A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT ELECTED DNWND LDG DUE RWY UPSLOPE.NOTED LONG LDG ATMTD GO-ARND,THROTTL STUCK.NO MALF FOUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI74AEV01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AEV01), Jul 7, 1973: Cessna 140 (N2123N), Metamora, IL, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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