# Accident 20000212004641A: Cessna 140A, Clearwater, FL, February 12, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9767° N, 82.7587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Clearwater Air Park (CLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9767&lon=-82.7587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5339C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5339C-2013-04-09) (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 O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,712 total, 3,011 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000212004641A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ACCORDING TO EYEWITNESSES, THE CESSNA 152 HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 16, AND WAS ABOUT 1500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN THE CESSNA 140A LANDED ON TOP OF THE CESSNA 152, STRIKING THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE CESSNA 140A CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE. THERE WERE WRINKLES IN THE EMPENNAGE AND FIREWALL OF THE CESSNA 140A.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N757XF, Cessna 152: [Accident 20000212004642A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000212004642A)

## 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 ATL00LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA025), Feb 12, 2000: Cessna C-140A (N5339C), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain visual lookout during flight operations under Visual Flight Rules. A factor is that the pilot was not on the airport radio frequency.

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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