# Accident 20140410003529A: Cessna 140, Colebrook, NH, April 10, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2014, 09:30 local time
- Place: Colebrook, NH
- Airport: Gifford Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8858° N, 71.5044° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8858&lon=-71.5044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2143N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2143N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 252 total, 157 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140410003529A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD LANDED TO THE SOUTH ON RUNWAY 22 AFTER A LOCAL FLIGHT, AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY PIC TURNED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY TO BACK TAXI TO HIS HANGER. DURING THE TURN THE  PILOT STATED HE WAS WIDE ON THE TURN AND TAXIED INTO THE SNOW ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO POWER OUT OF THE SNOW A GUST OF WIND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA14CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA195), Apr 10, 2014: Cessna 140 (N2143N), Colebrook, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to power out of soft snow with a gusty quartering tailwind which resulted in the tail of the airplane rising and the airplane nosing over.

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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