# Incident 19810808063229I: Cessna 140, Ionia, MI, August 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1981, 09:00 local time
- Place: Ionia, MI
- Airport: Ionia Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9379° N, 85.0606° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IONIA COUNTY (Y70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9379&lon=-85.0606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76639, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76639-1985-01-11) (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: 122 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810808063229I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIIED INTO A DITCH. DAMAGED PROPELLER AND COWLING. PASSENGER THROWN OUT AND SUFFERED BROKEN JAW.

## Other reports on N76639 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19831001070009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831001070009A), Oct 1, 1983: Cessna 140 (N76639), Hastings, MI, Substantial damage. Engine quit shortly after takeoff when fuel starvation from left tank occurred. Crashed during emergency landing.

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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