# Incident 19780917019299I: Cessna 140, Spooner, WI, September 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1978, 12:00 local time
- Place: Spooner, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8259° N, 91.8861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spooner, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8259&lon=-91.8861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1972J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1972J-1980-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780917019299I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER POWER LOSS. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N1972J (1)

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

- [Accident 19790701030229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790701030229A), Jul 1, 1979: Cessna 140 (N1972J), Springbrook, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot performing manveuvers over apt. Observed to idle engine,pull up verticaly .acft stalled. Dove vertical to earth

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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