# Incident 20150823015309I: Cessna 140, Franktown, CO, August 23, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2015, 09:45 local time
- Place: Franktown, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3903° N, 104.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franktown, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3903&lon=-104.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89983, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89983-2018-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,200 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/20150823015309I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/23/2015, N89983, CESSNA 140 ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WINDS DURING LANDING TO AN UNIMPROVED PRIVATE RUNWAY IN FRANKTOWN, CO, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING ON TO ITS BACK. 1 POB, NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N89983 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20130507007889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130507007889A), May 7, 2013: Cessna 140 (N89983), Glenwood Spring, CO, Substantial damage. N89983, C-140, on local pleasure flight, lost control on landing and flipped aircraft over. No ATC services. 2 on board, no injuries. Damage reported to prop,…

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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