# Incident 19800104012039I: Cessna 140, Temple, OK, January 4, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1980, 16:02 local time
- Place: Temple, OK
- Airport: Private
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2722° N, 98.2346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Temple, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2722&lon=-98.2346&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2739N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2739N-2018-01-17) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 66 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/19800104012039I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF FROM FARM STRIP, AIRCRAFT HIT SOFT SPOT WITH LEFT MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFTVEERED & GEAR DUG IN AND SNAPPED.

## Other reports on N2739N (1)

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

- [Accident 19991215044409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991215044409A), Dec 15, 1999: Cessna 140 (N2739N), Helena, MT, No damage. (-23) On December 15, 1999, at approx. 1530 MST, a Cessna 140, N2739N sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing roll at the silver city…

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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