# Accident 20001021039089A: Cessna 140, Mcclure, PA, October 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2000, 11:00 local time
- Place: Mcclure, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7461° N, 77.2903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7461&lon=-77.2903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N279W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: AMTR O200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,783 total, 107 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD01LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001021039089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LOST POWER ENROUTE 4500 FEET (1N9) READING, PA (UNV) STATE COLLEGE VIA (SEG) SELINSGROVE, PA. EMERGENCY OFF FIELD LANDING IN FARM FIELD, UNFORTUNATELY FIELD WAS SHORT AND PILOT DECIDED TO HEAD INTO CORN FIELD AT EDGE RATHER THAN TREES. THIS CAUSED A/C TO FLIP. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. LEFT DOOR FORWARD AND AFT DOOR POST AND LANDING GEAR BOX ASSEMBLY. NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED LARGE PARTICLES OF FUEL TANK SEALANT WERE FLUSHED FROM THE LEFT FUEL TANK. NORMAL ENGINE OPERATION WAS NOTED DURING POST CRASH TESTING.           (.4) THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ABOUT 1 HOUR AFTER DEPARTURE. THE PILOT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING TO A CORNFIELD AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL. WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS UPRIGHTED DURING RECOVERY, FUEL POURED FROM BOTH FUEL TANKS. THE ENGINE WAS THEN STARTED AND IT RAN WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. HOWEVER, EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED A HANDFUL OF SLOSHING-SEALANT PARTICLES BLOCKED THE FUEL STRAINER IN THE LEFT FUEL TANK. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE'S MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS SEALED WITH SLOSHING SEALANT DURING A MAJO R REPAIR 43 YEARS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 IAD01LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA007), Oct 21, 2000: Cessna 140 (N279W), Mcclure, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power over unsuitable terrain due to fuel starvation from a fuel strainer blocked with sealant particles.

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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