# Accident 19830915050279A: Cessna 140, Fishers Island, NY, September 15, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1983, 15:00 local time
- Place: Fishers Island, NY
- Airport: Elizabeth
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2521° N, 72.0316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELIZABETH FLD (0B8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2521&lon=-72.0316&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1856V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1856V-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 326 total, 326 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830915050279A

## Narrative

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

WHEN PILOT APPLIED TOE BRAKES DURING TAXI AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED.

## 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 NYC83LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA243), Sep 15, 1983: Cessna 140 (N1856V), Fishers Island, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1856V (1)

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

- [Accident 19811125079409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811125079409A), Nov 25, 1981: Cessna 140 (N1856V), Westerly, RI, Substantial damage. Allowed wind to force aircraft off runway on takeoff. Aborted. Nosed over at end of runway. Expired student permit.

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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