# Incident 20180930019329I: Cessna 140, Live Oak, FL, September 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2018, 10:30 local time
- Place: Live Oak, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2956° N, 82.9851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Live Oak, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2956&lon=-82.9851&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76423, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76423) (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: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 90 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180930019329I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2018, AT 1030 EST A 1946 CESSNA, MODEL 140, NC76423 THAT IS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD AN ENGINE POWER PROBLEM DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER.  THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A HAY FIELD AT LIVE OAK, FLORIDA.  THE PILOT?S FINAL DESTINATION WAS APOPKA, FL.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE PILOT STATED AT 1 HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT THE ENGINE RPM'S BEGAN TO DROP AND HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THOMASVILLE, GA ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2018.

## Other reports on N76423 (1)

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

- [Incident 20260718011699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260718011699I), Jul 18, 2026: Cessna 140 (N76423), Byron, CA, Minor damage. On July 18, 2026, I was the pilot in command of aircraft [privacy data omitted] on a flight from kpao to C83 to attend the angel flight fly-in with one…

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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