# Accident 19790701030229A: Cessna 140, Springbrook, WI, July 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1979, 19:40 local time
- Place: Springbrook, WI
- Airport: Springbrook
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9019° N, 91.6771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRINGBROOK (5WI1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9019&lon=-91.6771&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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 143 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790701030229A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PERFORMING MANVEUVERS OVER APT.OBSERVED TO IDLE ENGINE,PULL UP VERTICALY .ACFT STALLED.DOVE VERTICAL TO EARTH

## 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 CHI79FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA054), Jul 1, 1979: Cessna 140 (N1972J), Springbrook, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N1972J (1)

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

- [Incident 19780917019299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780917019299I), Sep 17, 1978: Cessna 140 (N1972J), Spooner, WI, Minor damage. Forced landing after power loss. Cause undetermined.

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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