# Accident 20100529035099A: Cessna 140, Atchison, KS, May 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2010, 10:30 local time
- Place: Atchison, KS
- Airport: Amelia Earhart
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5597° N, 95.1298° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5597&lon=-95.1298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76287, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76287-2011-04-27) (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 MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 600 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100529035099A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N76287 DEPARTED ATCHISON, KS (K59) ENROUTE TO LEE'S SUMMIT, MO.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE ENGINE POWER DROPPED TO IDLE, THEN QUIT.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY 73 JUST WEST OF ATCHISON, KS.  DURING LANDING, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND FOLDED BACK, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD LOWER SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE. MINOR INJURY TO THE PILOT (CUT LIP).

## 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 CEN10LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA281), May 29, 2010: Cessna 140 (N76287), Atchison, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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