# Accident 19991204044079A: Cessna 140, Port Townsend, WA, December 4, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1999, 11:40 local time
- Place: Port Townsend, WA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0304° N, 122.8396° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0304&lon=-122.8396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1936V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1936V-2013-07-09) (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 SEA00LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991204044079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD NO REPORTED MECHANICAL FAILURES. JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT HAD APPROX. 20 KNOTS CROSSWINDS WHEN PILOT ELDEN LARSON ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A CROSSWIND LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S ACCIDENT REPORT #99-5239 AN EYE WITNESS STATED THE PILOT DID NOT USE PROPER CROSSWIND TECHNIQUES DURING HIS LANDING. APPARENTLY THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A STRAIGHT IN LEVEL APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY AND A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO LIFT AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN ABRUPT TURN TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY HITTING THE EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LUNGED UPWARD AND THE FRONT WHEELS HIT A DITCH AND FLIPPED THE A/C OVER ON ITS WING. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND THE A/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, FUSELAGE AND ENGINE/PROPELLER.

## 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 SEA00LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA029), Dec 4, 1999: Cessna 140 (N1936V), Port Townsend, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Compensation for wind conditions was inadequate. Gusting wind conditions were a factor.

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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