# Incident 20041031027369I: Cessna 140, Laconia, NH, October 31, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: Laconia, NH
- Airport: Laconia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5730° N, 71.4178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LACONIA MUNI (LCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5730&lon=-71.4178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2318N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2318N-2011-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041031027369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/31/2004, MR. CARON, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF A CESSNA MODEL 140, REGISTRATION N2318N, WAS ENROUTE FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO NEWPORT, VT., HIS DOMICILE AIRPORT. DUE TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AHEAD, MR. CARON DECIDED TO TO TERMINATE HIS FLIGHT IN LACONIA, NH AND CONTINUE TO VT THE NEXT MORNING. APPROXIMATELY 1630 HOURS ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 26 AT LCI, THE WINDS WERE GUSTING FROM THE NNW. AFTER LANDING, AND AS THE SPEED DECELERATED TO ABOUT 30 MPH, THE TAIL LOWERED TO THE GROUND. AT THAT TIME, THE WIND PICKED UP THE RIGHT WING. POWER WAS APPLIED TO TRY AND STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT. THE WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RWY AND THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY WAS ON ITS NOSE AND SLOWLY ROLLED OVER ON ITS BACK. THE PIC WAS NOT INJURED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF A BENT PROPELLER BLADE, CARBURETOR AIR FILTER AND NOSE COWLING DAMAGED, THE RIGHT WING STRUTS WERE BENT, THE TOP OF THE VERTICAL FIN AND RUDDER DAMAGED, A SLIGHT DENT IN THE FUSELAGE NEAR THE LEFT WING ROOT AND MINOR DANT(S) TO THE RIGHT ELEVATOR. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

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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