# Accident 20170830011729A: Cessna 140, Empire, NV, August 30, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2017, 08:30 local time
- Place: Empire, NV
- Airport: Empire, Nv
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4628° N, 119.3667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4628&lon=-119.3667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140X) (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: LYCOMING O-235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,862 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170830011729A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED BURNING MAN ENROUTE TO BISHOP, CA. PILOT STATED THAT THE OIL TEMPERATURE HAD REACHED MAXIMUM AND HE FEARED IMMINENT ENGINE FAILURE AND DECIDED TO LAND WHILE HE STILL HAD POWER AVAILABLE.

## 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 WPR17LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA193), Aug 30, 2017: Cessna 140 (N140X), Empire, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an off-airport precautionary landing on a dirt road with an uphill gradient.

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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