# Accident 19800608021599A: Cessna 140, Lost Prairie, MT, June 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: Lost Prairie, MT
- Airport: Lost Prairie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N76657, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76657) (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: 2,727 total, 70 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80DTI11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTI11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800608021599A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK MUD PUDDLE ON TAKEOFF. NOSED OVER. FALED TO USE SOFT FIELD TECHNIQUE.

## 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 DEN80DTI11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTI11), Jun 8, 1980: Cessna 140 (N76657), Lost Prairie, MT, substantial damage

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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