# Accident 19811119079699A: Cessna 140, San Diego, CA, November 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Barrett Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76403, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76403) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 450 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DUM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUM03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811119079699A

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR STRUT BROKE WHILE TURNING AROUND TO TAXI TO RAMP AFTER LANDING.HAD OLD BREAK NOT DETECTECED IN ANNUAL.

## 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 LAX82DUM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUM03), Nov 19, 1981: Cessna 140 (N76403), Barrett Lake, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N76403 (1)

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

- [Incident 19830520030649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830520030649I), May 20, 1983: Cessna 140 (N76403), Santa Ysabel, CA, Minor damage. Landed in a cow pasture. Nosed over on its back. Fuel lines and carburetor dry.

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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