# Accident 20030713019849A: Cessna 140, Bowler, WI, July 13, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Bowler, WI
- Airport: Mo-He-Con-Nuck Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0072° N, 88.6019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0072&lon=-88.6019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2180V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2180V) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 328 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030713019849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING RUNWAY 24 AT MC DERMOTT AIRPORT, SULLIVAN, WI THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A CROSS WIND FROM THE LEFT AT TOUCHDOWN. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL THE TAIL WAS THRUST UPWARD RESULTING IN A NOSE OVER WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CHI03LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA206), Jul 13, 2003: Cessna 140 (N2180V), Sullivan, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions resulting in a loss of directional control. A factor contributing to the accident was the crosswind.

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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