# Incident 20030826027029I: Cessna 140, Napa, CA, August 26, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2003
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2132° N, 122.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPA COUNTY (APC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2132&lon=-122.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90112, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90112) (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 C85*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030826027029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED RANCHAERO AIRPORT (O23) IN CHICO CA. ON FIRST FLIGHT AFTER A COMPLETE REPAINTING OF THE AIRCRAFT. ON FINAL APPROACH TO NAPA AIRPORT THE LEFT HAND AILERON CAME LOOSE FROM IT'S OUTBOARD ATTACH POINT. THE AILERON REMAINED ATTACHED BY THE INBOARD ATTACHED POINT BUT HUNG DOWN AT ABOUT A 70 DEGREE ANGLE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO THE LONE OCCUPANT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATES, THAT WHEN THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE REINSTALLED AFTER PAINTING THE RETAINING NUT ON THE OUTBOARD ATTACH BOLT WAS NOT INSTALLED.

## Other reports on N90112 (1)

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

- [Accident 19741108041099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741108041099A), Nov 8, 1974: Cessna 140 (N90112), Concord, CA, Substantial damage. First solo flt.

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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