# Accident 19790608018059A: Cessna 140, La Grange, GA, June 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: La Grange, GA
- Airport: Callaway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0393° N, 85.0313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of LaGrange, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0393&lon=-85.0313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1845N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1845N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 608 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKG50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790608018059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE FORCED LANDING AND HIT FENCE. COWLING OPENED IN FLIGHT AND PILOT CHOSE TO LAND.

## 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 MIA79FKG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKG50), Jun 8, 1979: Cessna 120 (N1845N), Lagrange, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1845N (1)

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

- [Incident 19901011063549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901011063549I), Oct 11, 1990: Cessna 120 (N1845N), Evansville, IN. Loran equipment had malfunctioned and he became lost. Entered Evansville arsa without contacting ATC.

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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