# Accident 20130511007039A: Cessna 140, Groesback, TX, May 11, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2013, 11:50 local time
- Place: Groesback, TX
- Airport: Old Fort Parker Flying Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5196° N, 96.5304° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5196&lon=-96.5304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1752V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1752V-2013-08-29) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,962 total, 133 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA277) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130511007039A

## Narrative

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

ON 11 MAY 2013 AT OR AROUND 1150 CST A CESSNA CE-140 SERIAL NUMBER 14081 REGISTERED AS N1752V CRASHED ON TAKEOFF FROM OLD FORT PARKER FLYING FIELD, GROESBECK TEXAS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PREFORMING AS NORMAL, HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF APPLIED BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIP OVER ON ITS BACK COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEED DOWN FIELD.  THE PILOT WAS TAKING OFF TO THE SOUTH DUE TO TREES AT THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY WITH WINDS REPORTED BY HIM AS 8-10 KNOT FROM THE NORTH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THE LEFT WING APPEARED TO BE TWISTED THE FORWARD WING STUNT WAS BENT. THE RIGHT WING WAS DAMAGED APPROXIMATELY 3 FOOT FROM THE TIP WITH THE LEADING EDGE TWISTED DOWNWARD. THERE WERE SKIN WRINKLES AFT OF THE CABIN AREA ON THE LEFT LOWER SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND JUST FORWARD OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS BROKEN AND BENT IN NUMEROUS AREAS. THE FIREWALL WAS CRUSHED INWARD IN THE LOWER FORWARD AREA AND DAMAGED IN NUMEROUS OTHER AREAS DUE TO THE ENGINE CRUSHING BACK INTO IT. THE VERTICAL FIN WAS CRUSHED DOWNWARD AS WAS THE RUDDER.

## 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 CEN13CA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA277), May 11, 2013: Cessna 140 (N1752V), Groesbeck, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted takeoff.

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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