# Accident 19770816024889A: Cessna 140, Platner, CO, August 16, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1977
- Place: Platner, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 40.1553° N, 103.0674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Platner, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1553&lon=-103.0674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2259N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2259N-1981-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 138 total, 121 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77DTE72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTE72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770816024889A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 DEN77DTE72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTE72), Aug 16, 1977: Cessna 140 (N2259N), Platner, CO, 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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