# Accident 20130731013599A: Cessna 140, Jonesboro, AR, July 31, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: Jonesboro, AR
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8369° N, 90.5264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8369&lon=-90.5264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2745N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2745N-2014-03-12) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,777 total, 5 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA454) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130731013599A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 31, 2013, AT 1330 CDT (1830 ZULU), A CESSNA 140, N2745N, OWNED AND OPERATED BY A CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS ON A 20 TO 30 MINUTE PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD, DEPARTING FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP 10 MILES EAST OF JONESBORO, AR. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRSTRIP. ON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY FOLLOWING SEVERAL BOUNCES, COMING TO REST IN A SOYBEAN FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 13:30 PM IN VMC CONDITIONS.  THE WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE 170 AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED WITH THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 CEN13LA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA454), Jul 31, 2013: Cessna 140 (N2745N), Jonesboro, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing and his delay in performing an aborted landing.

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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