# Accident 20090505046969A: Cessna 140, Juneau, AK, May 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.2436° N, 135.5236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.2436&lon=-135.5236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1685V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1685V) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 550 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090505046969A

## Narrative

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

DURING 3RD CONSECUTIVE TAKEOFF FROM BEACH AREA, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SOFT SAND AND BEGAN TO SLOW. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND AIRCRAFT SLOWLY NOSED OVER AS IT CAME TO A STOP. NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT.

## 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 ANC09CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA037), May 5, 2009: Cessna 140 (N1685V), Haines, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to practice takeoff and landings on unsuitable terrain, which resulted in a nose-over on takeoff.

## Other reports on N1685V (1)

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

- [Accident 20210424006659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210424006659A), Apr 24, 2021: Cessna 140 (N1685V), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. Airman departed paaq in his C-140 and was practicing landings on a gravel bar near the knik glacier. Upon landing the aircraft began slowing rapidly and the…

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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