19810130003589A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 140 · Canyon, TX · January 30, 1981

Date
January 30, 1981 · 15:00 local
Place
Canyon, TX
Airport
Canam
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N71U
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FQG10
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C8512
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
477 total34 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

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.

Engine quit after takeoff. Returned to airport. Emergency landed downwind, nosed over to avoid Canyon at end.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. EMERGENCY LANDED DOWNWIND, NOSED OVER TO AVOID CANYON AT END.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.