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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 140 · Wapiti, WY · March 14, 1981

Date
March 14, 1981 · 14:00 local
Place
Wapiti, WY
Airport
Flying L Skytel
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N72917
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81FTC11
Reported as
Cessna 140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total220 in this make and model27 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.

Took off on last third of runway. Stalled airplane in steep bank after takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

TOOK OFF ON LAST THIRD OF RUNWAY. STALLED AIRPLANE IN STEEP BANK AFTER TAKEOFF.

NTSB investigation

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