# Incident 19990727018279I: Cessna 140, New Castle, PA, July 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1999, 17:30 local time
- Place: New Castle, PA
- Airport: New Castle Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0253° N, 80.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE MUNI (UCP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0253&lon=-80.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90168, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90168-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990727018279I

## Narrative

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

(-5)MR. DURNER STATED: WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 AT THE NEW CASTLE AIRPORT, NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA (UPC), HE GROUND LOOPED HIS CE-140, N90168.  AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 LOCAL TIME, HE ENCOUNTERED A DIRECT CROSS-WIND FROM THE RIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 KNOTS.  THERE WAS ALSO A GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT THAT CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO PICK UP, WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER TO HIT THE GROUND.  THIS CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROUND LOOP.  SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N90168 (1)

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

- [Accident 20021007028199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021007028199A), Oct 7, 2002: Cessna 140 (N90168), Santacatalina, CA, Destroyed. (-23) Subject aircraft was reportedly fish spotting and crashed in the ocean off santa catalina island, California at 1352 PDT. The aircraft sank and…

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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