# Incident 19820829048359I: Cessna 140A, Laporte City, IA, August 29, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1982, 16:00 local time
- Place: Laporte City, IA
- Airport: Nichols
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3190° N, 92.2840° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Nichols Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3190&lon=-92.2840&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4242H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4242H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140A (registry code 2071604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 75 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820829048359I

## Narrative

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

OVERSHOT RUNWAY ON LANDING. RAN INTO A DITCH AND OVERTURNED. POSSIBLE WINDSHIFT. THUNDERSTORMS NEARBY.

## Other reports on N4242H (1)

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

- [Accident 20160430003499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160430003499A), Apr 30, 2016: Cessna 140A (N4242H), Belvidere, IL, Destroyed. The pilot of N4242H stated that he departed cottonwood airport (1C8) at approximately 3:00AM local on a pleasure flight to poplar grove airport (C77) to…

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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