# Accident 20080509840199A: Cessna 140, Burlington, WI, May 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Burlington, WI
- Airport: Burlington Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6906° N, 88.3047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6906&lon=-88.3047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89307, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89307) (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 O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,600 total, 450 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080509840199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF FROM BURLINGTON, WI (BUU) TO THE NORTH ON RUNWAY 01 THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND THE AIRCRAFT SMOOTHED OUT MOMENTARILY THEN QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF 200 TO 300 FEET AND WAS IN A LEFT HAND TURN WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AND STRUCK TREEWS ON THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT. AFTER STRIKING THE TREES THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED FACING EAST.

## 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 CHI08CA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA127), May 9, 2008: Cessna 140 (N89307), Burlington, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the low altitude at the time of the loss of engine power.

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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