19850127001859A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 140A · Three Rivers, MI · January 27, 1985

Date
January 27, 1985 · 16:04 local
Place
Three Rivers, MI
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5603C
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI85LA098
Reported as
Cessna 140A
Reported engine
Continental C9014F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,030 total750 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days

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.

During taxi on snow covered lake right ski attach bolts failed. Aircraft nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI ON SNOW COVERED LAKE RIGHT SKI ATTACH BOLTS FAILED. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.