# Accident 20220227002969A: Cessna 140, Kokomo, IN, February 27, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2022, 18:15 local time
- Place: Kokomo, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4333° N, 86.2033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4333&lon=-86.2033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72831, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72831) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220227002969A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 27, 2022, AT 6:15 PM EST, N72831, A CESSNA 140 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING AT THE GLENDALE AIRPORT (8I3) KOKOMO, IN. THERE WAS A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL.  THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SOFT TURF, SUNK INTO THE GROUND AND GROUND-LOOPED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.

THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE INDIANAPOLIS FSDO ON MARCH 9, 2022 VIA VOICEMAIL AT 10:15PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME. THE VOICEMAIL WAS DISCOVERED LATE FRIDAY AND THE ACCIDENT WAS ASSIGNED ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2022. THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ACCIDENT BY THE ASSIGNED INSPECTOR ON MARCH 14, 2022.

## 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 CEN22LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA142), Feb 28, 2022: Cessna 140 (N72831), Kokomo, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to perform the takeoff on the soft, wet, turf runway, with the tailwheel equipped airplane, which resulted in a nose-over.

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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