# Accident 20101001046039A: Cessna 172N, Wabash, IN, October 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2010, 18:30 local time
- Place: Wabash, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7619° N, 85.7986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7619&lon=-85.7986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2140E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2140E-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,240 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101001046039A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/1/2010 AT 1830 A CESSNA 172 AT WABASH IN (IWH) N2140E WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT WITH A STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT 1/3 OR MORE FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE GRASS RUNWAY (18-36) INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THEY HAD TIME TO STOP BUT REALIZED THEY DIDN'T THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT TRIED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN BUT THE AIRCRAFT SLID INTO A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER ONTO A ROAD.

## 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 CEN11CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA004), Oct 1, 2010: Cessna 172N (N2140E), Wabash, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed during the landing and certificated flight instructor's failure to execute a go-around.

## Other reports on N2140E (2)

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

- [Incident 19870408026249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870408026249I), Apr 8, 1987: Cessna 172N (N2140E), Santa Monica, CA, Substantial damage. Wingtip struck the propeller of a parked aircraft during night taxi operation to parking.
- [Incident 19811108072639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811108072639I), Nov 8, 1981: Cessna 172N (N2140E), Santa Monica, CA, Minor damage. Pilot taxied aircraft into another aircraft which was taxing on intersecting taxiway. Pilot had student aboard.

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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