# Accident 19790513012169A: Cessna 140, Poston, AZ, May 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1979, 10:00 local time
- Place: Poston, AZ
- Airport: Double J Farms
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9921° N, 114.4045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poston, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9921&lon=-114.4045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72963, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72963) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,825 total, 25 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUJ79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ79-135377) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790513012169A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF ACFT WHILE TAXIING IN GUSTY WIND. INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF STUDENT BY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR A FACTOR

## 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 LAX79DUJ79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ79-135377), May 13, 1979: Cessna 140 (N72963), Poston, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N72963 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960606019319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960606019319I), Jun 6, 1996: Cessna 140 (N72963), Fort Collins, CO, Minor damage. Narrative: slight gusty wind from ssw about 5 mph. Landed on runway 11 (3 point) I thought I was going real slow at the turnout by the pilot center. The…

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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