# Accident 19930816029659A: Cessna 140, Bastrop, LA, August 16, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1993, 18:15 local time
- Place: Bastrop, LA
- Airport: Morehouse Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7561° N, 91.8806° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOREHOUSE MEML (BQP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7561&lon=-91.8806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2673N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2673N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 289 total, 7 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW93LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930816029659A

## Narrative

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

NEWLY PURCHASE. PRACTICE CROSSWIND LANDINGS. TURNED 90 DEGREES INTO WIND. HOPPED SIDEWAYS. SEPARATED RIGHT MAIN.

## 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 FTW93LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA241), Aug 16, 1993: Cessna 140 (N2673N), Bastrop, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND HIS IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR EXISTING WIND CONDITIONS. FACTORS WERE THE CROSSWIND AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF…

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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