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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 140 · San Ysidro, NM · September 26, 1987

Date: September 26, 1987 · 10:30 local
Place: San Ysidro, NM
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N76907
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN87LA244
Reported as: Cessna 140
Reported engine: Continental C9012F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 444 total310 in this make and model29 in the last 90 days

N76907Registration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Cessna 140S/N 11349 · Built 1946 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Overheated engine. Precautionary landing on dirt road. Bounced. Hit a cattle guard and gate. Oil dipstick missing.

As the FAA filed it

OVERHEATED ENGINE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON DIRT ROAD. BOUNCED. HIT A CATTLE GUARD AND GATE. OIL DIPSTICK MISSING.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB DEN87LA244Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSan Ysidro, NMThe plt and pax were on a LCL sightseeing flt. The plt stated that he had been flying low and slow at a nose high attitude. The engine began to overheat and did not cool off and the pilot executed a precautionary landing on a dirt road. The acft ballooned and…Sep 26, 1987 · Substantial damage