# Accident 20180312002339A: Cessna 140, Madison, SD, March 12, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2018, 17:00 local time
- Place: Madison, SD
- Airport: Madison Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0128° N, 97.0867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0128&lon=-97.0867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2011N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2011N) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 512 total, 9 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180312002339A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DECIDED TO USE GRASS RUNWAY (TURF).  SPRING TIME AND THE DAY HAD WARMED UP CREATING WET / SOFT RUNWAY CONDITIONS.  WHEN PILOT REALIZED PERFORMANCE WAS HAMPERED BY CONDITIONS, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT TO GET AIRCRAFT STOPPED.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SNOW BERM AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY WITH MAIN GEAR.  AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK.

## 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 GAA18CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA166), Mar 12, 2018: Cessna 140 (N2011N), Madison, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed aborted takeoff on a soft, wet, grass runway, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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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