# Accident 19980926026719A: Cessna 140, Watertown, CT, September 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Watertown, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6012° N, 73.1215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watertown, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6012&lon=-73.1215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72929, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72929-1998-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980926026719A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED IN A CORN FIELD. (FROM .4)  THE PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A STALL TO A PASSENGER.  DURING THE RECOVERY, THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO DESCEND WITH FULL POWER APPLIED, AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK A ROCK WALL.  THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST IN A CORN FIELD.  THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD NOT COMPENSATED FOR THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT OF THE PASSENGER WHEN HE PERFORMED THE STALL.                                                      (-23) THE PILOT ENTERED AN INTENTIONAL STALL AT INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR STRUCK A STONE WALL AT THE EDGE OF A CORNFIELD.

## 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 NYC98LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA192), Sep 26, 1998: Cessna 140 (N72929), Watertown, CT, destroyed. Probable cause: Was the pilot's misjudged altitude of the airplane prior to performing a stall, and which resulted in the main landing gear contacting a rock wall.

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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