# Accident 19810703038539A: Cessna 140, Kinder, LA, July 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1981, 07:45 local time
- Place: Kinder, LA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4831° N, 92.8520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kinder, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4831&lon=-92.8520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3661V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3661V-1984-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210C (registry code 2073412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 54 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRD31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRD31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810703038539A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER TURNING DOWNWIND IN PATTERN. STRUCK WIRES AND TREES ON OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## 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 FTW81FRD31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRD31), Jul 3, 1981: Cessna 140 (N3661V), Kinder, LA, destroyed

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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