# Accident 19731103036529A: Cessna 140, Willcox, AZ, November 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1973
- Place: Willcox, AZ
- Airport: Cochise County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.2454° N, 109.8946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COCHISE COUNTY (P33), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2454&lon=-109.8946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2256N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2256N-2018-03-01) (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: 69 total, 69 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DUJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731103036529A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED ENCOUNTERED GUST AT 40 FT.AIRCRAFT TIPPED AND STALLED. FUEL CAP VENT REVERSED

## 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 LAX74DUJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ29), Nov 3, 1973: Cessna 140 (N2256N), Willcox, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2256N (2)

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

- [Accident 20140521007249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140521007249A), May 21, 2014: Cessna 140 (N2256N), Vacaville, CA, Substantial damage. On may 21, 2014, at about 0930 pacific daylight time (PDT), a single-engine Cessna 140 airplane, N2256N, experienced a partial loss of engine power during…
- [Accident 19820528019739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820528019739A), May 28, 1982: Cessna 140 (N2256N), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. Advised to stay on runway, pilot used taxiway and was blown over by jet blast from gate area. Tower failed to note.

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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