# Accident 19990608006649A: Cessna 140, Woodstock, GA, June 8, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1999, 20:00 local time
- Place: Woodstock, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 34.0997° N, 84.5101° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0997&lon=-84.5101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76390, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76390-2013-08-22) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990608006649A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENGINE QUIT ON TAKE-OFF, AND THE ACFT CRASHED INTO SOME TREES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED NORMALLY ON TAKE OFF.  AT ABOUT 200 FT. ALT. ENGINE SPUTTERED PILOT STATES HE PUMPED THROTTLE SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN CKD.MIXTURE, CARD HEAT MAGS AND TANK - ALL ON.  ENGINE STOPPED AND PILOT WAS ABLE TO TURN TOWARD SMALL TREES INSTEAD OF POWER LINES.  A/C LANDED IN TREES AND NOSED DOWN IN GROUND.  PILOT WAS OK.  SHUT OFF MASTER, MAGS, FUEL AND SLID DOWN TO GROUND.  A/C PRE-FLIGHT WAS NORMAL.  A/C HAD MADE 6 TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS THIS DAY.

## 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 MIA99LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA169), Jun 9, 1999: Cessna 140 (N76390), Woodstock, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation because of contaminated fuel, resulting in a forced landing and subsequent impact with a tree.

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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