# Incident 19960611018159I: Cessna 140, Spokane, WA, June 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1996, 13:45 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3648V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3648V) (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: 3,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960611018159I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WITNESSED ENGINE TEARDOWN ON 06-13-96. CRANKSHAFT WAS BROKEN AT #2 CONNECTING ROD JOURNAL.

## Other reports on N3648V (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900817033969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900817033969A), Aug 17, 1990: Cessna 140 (N3648V), Silver City, NM, Substantial damage. Came back over runway on low pass. Unable to climb, struck bushes and nosed over. Humidity density altitude factor.
- [Accident 19740213002679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740213002679A), Feb 13, 1974: Cessna 140 (N3648V), Wolfeboro, NH, Substantial damage

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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