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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Poplar Grove, IL · November 14, 2015

Date: November 14, 2015 · 12:37 local
Place: Poplar Grove, IL
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N81054
Reported as: Cessna 140
Reported engine: Continental C85 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total100 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N81054Registered now · Cessna 140S/N 10344 · Built 1946 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Was on final approach to runway 17 at Poplar Grove airport (C77), when his airplane struck a minivan on orth road. The right main landing gear struck the windshield of the minivan and the left main landing gear tire struck the top of the minivan. privacy data omitted Continued his approach and landed his airplane and taxied to his hangar. The displaced threshold for runway 17 is approximately 260 feet from orth road. The airplane sustained minor damage with the right main landing gear brake assembly bleeder screw broke off and was leaking fluid and the top right corner of the windshield was broke away. No injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AT POPLAR GROVE AIRPORT (C77), WHEN HIS AIRPLANE STRUCK A MINIVAN ON ORTH ROAD. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD OF THE MINIVAN AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE STRUCK THE TOP OF THE MINIVAN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTINUED HIS APPROACH AND LANDED HIS AIRPLANE AND TAXIED TO HIS HANGAR. THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD FOR RUNWAY 17 IS APPROXIMATELY 260 FEET FROM ORTH ROAD. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY BLEEDER SCREW BROKE OFF AND WAS LEAKING FLUID AND THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS BROKE AWAY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.