# Accident 19730813025509A: Cessna 140, Ekalaka, MT, August 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1973
- Place: Ekalaka, MT
- Airport: Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 45.8892° N, 104.5517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ekalaka, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8892&lon=-104.5517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77002, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77002-2012-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 7 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74FTA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FTA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730813025509A

## Narrative

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

PWR LINE AT DEPARTURE END OF STRIP.

## 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 SEA74FTA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FTA06), Aug 13, 1973: Cessna 140 (N77002), Ekalaka, MT, 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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