# Incident 20121110025209I: Cessna 140, Cicero, IN, November 10, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2012, 10:30 local time
- Place: Cicero, IN
- Airport: Mcgill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1200° N, 86.0683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GILL (18II), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1200&lon=-86.0683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72271, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72271-2017-10-20) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 500 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121110025209I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN AT MCGILL AIRSTRIP (18II) APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE GRASS STRIP IN A NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION WITH GUSTING WINDS FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST DIRECTION.  THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A HUMP IN THE AIRSTRIP AT APPROXIMATELY 160 YARDS FROM WHERE HE INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN. THE HUMP IN THE RUNWAY LAUNCHED THE AIRCRAFT AIRBORNE AFTER BLEEDING OFF SPEED FROM THE ORIGINAL TOUCH DOWN POINT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME, AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AT APPROXIMATELY 170 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED LEFT AND ENTERED A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD TO THE LEFT OF THE AIRSTRIP CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP, NOSE OVER AND FLIP UPSIDE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 15 YARDS OFF OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY UPSIDE DOWN. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR, AND PRIMARILY TO THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE MOUNT. THERE WAS SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AS WELL AS TO THE LEFT WING SUPPORT STRUT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE FIRE WALL OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE OR CONTROL SURFACES.

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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