# Incident 19790515027049I: Cessna 140, Freeport, TX, May 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Freeport, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9433° N, 95.3561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freeport, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9433&lon=-95.3561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77357, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77357) (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: 8,500 total, 1,000 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/19790515027049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID HE WAS OVERFLYING SANDBAG, GOT TOO LOW, COULD NOT RECOVER. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, CAME TO REST ON 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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