# Accident 19890512011409A: Cessna 140, Terre Haute, IN, May 12, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1989, 13:45 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Hulman Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4506° N, 87.3070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4506&lon=-87.3070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77201, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77201-2022-01-08) (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
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 344 total, 185 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890512011409A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN TIRE WENT FLAT ON TAKEOFF ROLL, GROUND LOOPED INTO THE CROSSWIND. TIRE INNERTUBE WAS DETERIORATED.

## 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 CHI89LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA089), May 12, 1989: Cessna 140 (N77201), Terre Haute, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE CROSSWIND.

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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