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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 140 · Celina, TN · March 23, 1994

Date
March 23, 1994 · 07:30 local
Place
Celina, TN
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N76342
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL94LA067
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C8512
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
385 total

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.

Flying low over river struck power line and fell into river. Unauthorized passenger fatally injuried.

As the FAA filed it

FLYING LOW OVER RIVER STRUCK POWER LINE AND FELL INTO RIVER. UNAUTHORIZED PASSENGER FATALLY INJURIED.

NTSB investigation

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