# Incident 19990916028009I: Cessna 140, Victoria, TX, September 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1999, 18:45 local time
- Place: Victoria, TX
- Airport: Ball Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8812° N, 97.0205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Ball Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8812&lon=-97.0205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2485V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2485V) (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
- Reported engine: CONT C90*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 104 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990916028009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1999, MR. RUDOLPH PENA, PIC OF N2485V, A CESSNA MODEL 140, LANDED ON A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP FOUR MILES SOUTH OF VICTORIA, TX. THIS AIRSTRIP WAS LOCATED ON LOOP 463 ONE MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 87, IN BALL TEXAS.  ON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY MID FIELD AND INTO ROUGH TERRAIN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN FORWARD AND AFT OF THE LANDING GEAR, DAMAGE TO THE CARBURETOR AND EXHAUST PIPES.  NO FIRES OR INJURIES NOTED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED INTO A HANGAR WHERE REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED.  NOTES:  THROUGH FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRSTRIP IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS NARROW AND WAS DESIGNED WITH A LARGE CROWN (ARK), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                             DUE TO AIRPORT/RUNWAY CONDITION AND PILOT EXPERIENCE THIS OFFICE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE LANDING CONDITIONS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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