# Accident 19821003050399A: Cessna 140A, Wickenburg, AZ, October 3, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1982, 14:00 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9858° N, 112.7683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wickenburg, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9858&lon=-112.7683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9474A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9474A-2020-10-31) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821003050399A

## Narrative

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

BALLOONED ON WHEEL LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY HEADING ON A ATTEMPTED GO AROUND. UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB TERRAIN.

## 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 LAX83LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA006), Oct 3, 1982: Cessna 140A (N9474A), Wickenburg, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9474A (1)

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

- [Accident 20200205005399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200205005399A), Feb 5, 2020: Cessna 140A (N9474A), Columbia, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On February 5, 2020 at approximately 18:06 hours local time aircraft N9474A a Cessna 140A was flying from harris ranch airport to the Columbia, CA (O22). When…

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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