# Incident 19990816012319I: Cessna 140A, Lake Orion, MI, August 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1999, 13:45 local time
- Place: Lake Orion, MI
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7842° N, 83.2455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Orion, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7842&lon=-83.2455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3797V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3797V-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140A (registry code 2071604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 800 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990816012319I

## Narrative

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

ACFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN CORNFIELD AND FLIPPED OVER. (-23) ENGINE SPUTTERED, PILOT LOCATED ONLY THROTTLE SETTING THAT WOULD KEEP ENGINE RUNNING, BUT AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE. SET UP GLIDE FOR A CORN FIELD.  LANDED, FLIPPED ONTO BACK.  PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  NO FIRE.

## Other reports on N3797V (1)

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

- [Accident 19850519021349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850519021349A), May 19, 1985: Cessna 140A (N3797V), Owosso, MI, Minor damage. Ground looped on rollout. Pilot at controls had no time in aircraft. Left seat owner was letting other pilot land.

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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