# Accident 19810430020699A: Cessna 140, Quincy, FL, April 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Quincy, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5660° N, 84.5858° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Quincy, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5660&lon=-84.5858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72586, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72586-1983-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,710 total, 24 in this make and model, 328 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DLA22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLA22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810430020699A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LANDED LONG. STARTED NOSE HIGH GO-AROUND. HIT FENCE. INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO MAKE TIMELY CORRECTION.

## 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 MIA81DLA22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLA22), Apr 30, 1981: Cessna 140 (N72586), Quiney, FL, 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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