# Accident 19980719037869A: Cessna 140, Gansevoort, NY, July 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1998, 10:05 local time
- Place: Gansevoort, NY
- Airport: Heber Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1898° N, 73.6391° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1898&lon=-73.6391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1689V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1689V-2018-01-02) (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 C8512F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 184 total, 129 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980719037869A

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT 2200 FOOT PAVED AIRSTRIP. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN PILOT REALIZED THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT RUNWAY TO STOP.  PILOT ELECTED TO GO-AROUNG AND APPLIED FULL POWER.  AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND PILOT THEN BANKED THE AIRCRAFT TO LEFT AND STRUCK TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 35 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND IN THE TREES AND THE FIRE CREWS RESCUED THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD BEEN TO THIS AIRPORT AND WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED TO EITHER THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS THE RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                             THIS INVESTIGAION IS CLOSED.                                   (.4) THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2/3 THE WAY DOWN THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, THEN TOOK OFF AGAIN WHEN HE FELT HE COULD NOT STOP SAFELY ON THE RUNWAY. DURING CLIMBOUT, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK TREES ABOUT 50 FEET IN HEIGHT, AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THEM. IT HUNG APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND BY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR UNTIL LOWERED BY RESCUERS.

## 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 NYC98LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA147), Jul 19, 1998: Cessna 140 (N1689V), Gansevoort, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue the landing attempt too far down the runway.

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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