# Accident 19760318006489A: Cessna 140, Bardstown, KY, March 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1976
- Place: Bardstown, KY
- Airport: Samuels Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 37.8143° N, 85.4996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAMUELS FLD (BRY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8143&lon=-85.4996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2216N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2216N) (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: 1,039 total, 650 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FLQ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLQ16-151543) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760318006489A

## Narrative

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

FUEL SEL L TANK-EMPTY.R TANK FULL FUEL.ENG RESTARTED ON SHORT FINAL.PLT DISCONTINUED APCH,ENG QUIT

## 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 IAD76FLQ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLQ16-151543), Mar 18, 1976: Cessna 140 (N2216N), Bardstown, KY, 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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