# Accident 20080208832499A: Cessna 140, Grand Meadow, MN, February 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2008, 13:11 local time
- Place: Grand Meadow, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6697° N, 92.6050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6697&lon=-92.6050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3537V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3537V-2020-02-28) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 21,086 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080208832499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BASED ON WITNESS STATEMENTS, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RNH SHORTLY AFTER 1200 (NOON) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2008. WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED AT APRPOXIMATELY 0800 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2008 IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 17.5 MILES WEST OF AUSTIN MN. AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET ON A SSW HEADING. A CLOCK ON BOARD WAS STOPPED AT 01:11, WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH FLYING TIME FROM RNH TO CRASH SITE. A RADAR TARGET WAS ALSO TRACKED BY RST TO A POINT NEAR THE CRASH SITE AND DISAPPEARED AT 1309. WEATHER AT THE ESTIMATED TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 1.5 MILE VISIBILITY AND 400 FOOT CEILINGS AT AUM AND 2.5 MILES VISIBILITY AND 600 FOOT CEILING AT RST. THE PILOT WAS AN EXPERIENCED ATP, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED FOR VFR FLIGHT ONLY. NO MECHANICAL FAILURES WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE INVESTIGATION. PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL OR THE TOTAL HOURS FOR THE LAST 90 DAYS. THE PILOT WAS, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, EMPLOYED AS A PILOT FOR A CFR 121 AIR CARRIER.

## 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 CHI08LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA080), Feb 8, 2008: Cessna 140 (N3537V), Grand Meadow, MN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight into an area of known instrument meteorological conditions in an airplane not equipped for instrument flight, and his failure to maintain control of the airplane…

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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