# Accident 19780903028209A: Cessna 14/, Webster, SD, September 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1978
- Place: Webster, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 45.3366° N, 97.5230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Webster, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3366&lon=-97.5230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76114, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76114) (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 14/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 3 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DTK36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DTK36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780903028209A

## Narrative

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

OFF AIRPORT OPERATION. DENSITY ALTITUDE 3800FT.

## 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 MKC78DTK36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DTK36), Sep 3, 1978: Cessna 140 (N76114), Webster, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N76114 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880331031369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880331031369I), Mar 31, 1988: Cessna 140 (N76114), Cold Spring, MN, Minor damage. Left wheel brake locked up on rollout on grass strip. Aircraft nosed up and over on its back.

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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