# Incident 20200516009409I: Cessna 140, Lubbock, TX, May 16, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2020, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3725V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3725V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 20 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/20200516009409I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 16, 2020 AT 1400 LOCAL TIME , APPROXIMATELY, A 1948 CESSNA CE-140) AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N3725V, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER GROUND LOOPED AT THE LUBBOCK EXECUTIVE AIRPARK, IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS (F82).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED, ALLEGEDLY, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT / OWNER WITHOUT THE INTENTION OF FLIGHT.  THE PILOT / OWNER STATED HE WAS CONDUCTING HIGH SPEED TAXI ON RUNWAY 36 WHEN HE LOST CONTROL IN CROSSWIND CONDITIONS.  THE AIRCRAFT OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT / OWNER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE F82 AIRPORT ON MAY 16, 2020 ABOUT 1300, APPROXIMATELY.

## Other reports on N3725V (1)

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

- [Accident 20190704009169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190704009169A), Jul 4, 2019: Cessna 140 (N3725V), Ragley, LA, Substantial damage. Aircraft lost oil pressure and landed in a field. Upon touchdown aircraft hit a fence post and flipped upside down.

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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