# Accident 19730903027899A: Cessna 140, Greensboro, NC, September 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1973
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Air Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.1736° N, 79.8031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIR HARBOR (W88), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1736&lon=-79.8031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2652N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2652N) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 2 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKM18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730903027899A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WENT SLOWLY TO L ATMTD CORRECT WITH R RUDDER AND BRAKE.TAILWHEEL SPRING BKN FOUND PARK AREA.

## 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 IAD74DKM18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM18), Sep 3, 1973: Cessna 140 (N2652N), Greensboro, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2652N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890118001209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890118001209A), Jan 18, 1989: Cessna 140 (N2652N), Farmington, NM, Substantial damage. Lost directional control turning off runway after landing. Side loads collapsed the left main gear.

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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