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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Ashland, VA · June 1, 1979

Date: June 1, 1979 · 20:30 local
Place: Ashland, VA
Airport: Hanover Co
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N120U
Reported as: Cessna 140
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 97 total74 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N120URegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Cessna 140S/N 10256 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot encountered wind shear just before touchdown from nearby thunderstorm. Started go around, decided to land.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN FROM NEARBY THUNDERSTORM. STARTED GO AROUND, DECIDED TO LAND.

Other reports on N120U · 1

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

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