# Incident 20090624010839I: Cessna 140, Gilmer, TX, June 24, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2009, 09:45 local time
- Place: Gilmer, TX
- Airport: Fox Stephens Field - Gilmer Mu
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6980° N, 94.9489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOX STEPHENS FLD/GILMER MUNI (JXI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6980&lon=-94.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76655, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76655-2013-05-03) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090624010839I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON JUNE 24, 2009, AT 1000 EDT, A CESSNA 140, N76655, REGISTERED TO THE MECHANIC/PILOT/OPERATOR: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, GROUND LOOPED WHILE PERFORMING A HIGH SPEED TAXI AT THE GILLMER AIRPORT (KJXI), GILLMER TEXAS TO TEST MAINTENANCE WORK PERFORMED ON THE TAIL WHEEL.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME; A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED AS THE OPERATION WAS NOT INTENDED FOR FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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