# Accident 20040731027949A: Cessna 140, Wimauma, FL, July 31, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2004, 13:36 local time
- Place: Wimauma, FL
- Airport: Wimauma Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7119° N, 82.2828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7119&lon=-82.2828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89617, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89617-2006-06-30) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 75 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04CA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040731027949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 31, 2004 AT 1336 EDT A CESSNA 140, N89617, OWNED BY ROBERT MUELLER, CRASHED ON LANDING ROLL OUT AT WIMAUMA AIRPORT, SUN CITY, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS A STUDENT PILOT AND WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAKE CITY FLORIDA.

## 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 MIA04CA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA114), Jul 31, 2004: Cessna 140 (N89617), Wimauma, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper in-flight weather evaluation by the student pilot resulting in a downwind landing and subsequent nose over.

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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