# Accident 20000219010749A: Cessna 140, Weir, TX, February 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2000, 14:45 local time
- Place: Weir, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6767° N, 97.5911° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weir, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6767&lon=-97.5911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76190, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76190) (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
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 889 total, 824 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000219010749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEB. 19, 2000, AT 1530 HOURS, A CESSNA 140, N76190, OWNED AND OPERATED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^STRUCK TERRAIN DURING AN ABORTED TAKE OFF. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE A/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE OWNER'S PRIVATE FIELD IN WEIR, TX.                                                                 (.4)THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM HIS PRIVATE 1,600-FOOT GRASS AIRSTRIP (RUNWAY 18) WITH A 'STRONG' TAILWIND.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE FROM 360 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 15 KNOTS, AND WERE STRONGER THAN HE ANTICIPATED.  HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF PRIOR TO THE AIRPLANE BECOMING AIRBORNE AT APPROXIMATELY THE MIDPOINT OF THE RUNWAY.  DURING THE ABORTED TAKEOFF, THE PILOT INITIATED A RIGHT TURN TO AVOID A FENCE AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED LEFT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY COMING TO REST UPRIGHT IN A GRASS FIELD.

## 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 FTW00LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA085), Feb 19, 2000: Cessna 140 (N76190), Weir, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The delayed aborted takeoff by the pilot. Factors were the pilot's intentional ground loop/swerve and the tail wind.

## Other reports on N76190 (1)

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

- [Accident 20220514006229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220514006229A), May 14, 2022: Cessna 140 (N76190), Estancia, NM, Substantial damage. On may 14, 2022, at 0930 MDT, N76190, a Cessna aircraft company model CE-140, single engine airplane,[privacy data omitted] was on a personal cross country…

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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