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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Orick, CA · September 12, 1982

Date: September 12, 1982 · 11:00 local
Place: Orick, CA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N89151
Reported as: Cessna 140
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total400 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N89151Registered now · Cessna 140S/N 8159 · Built 1946 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot became lost and engine began to run rough. Made a forced landing. Found water in fuel sump.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT BECAME LOST AND ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. MADE A FORCED LANDING. FOUND WATER IN FUEL SUMP.