# Accident 20141108022739A: Cessna 140A, Gilroy, CA, November 8, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2014, 15:00 local time
- Place: Gilroy, CA
- Airport: Frazier Lake
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0256° N, 121.4811° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0256&lon=-121.4811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5612C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5612C-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140A (registry code 2071604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,800 total, 243 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141108022739A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 8, 2014 APPROXIMATELY 1500 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 140A, N5612C, TOOK OFF FROM FRAZIER LAKE AIRPORT (1C9) LOCATED IN HOLLISTER, CALIFORNIA WITH ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES NEAR GILROY, CALIFORNIA, IMPACTING THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES NORTH OF FRAZIER LAKE AIRPORT AND APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED YARDS SOUTH OF THE POWER LINES. POINT OF CONTACT WAS TEN YARDS ABOVE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO BOTH THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER.

## 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 WPR15FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA039), Nov 8, 2014: Cessna 140A (N5612C), Gilroy, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines while flying at a low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the obscuration of the pilot’s visibility due to sun glare.

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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