20220327004369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Van Horn, TX · March 27, 2022

Date: March 27, 2022 · 15:46 local
Place: Van Horn, TX
Airport: Culberson County Municipal Air
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2609N
Reported as: Cessna 140
Reported engine: Continental O-190
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor

N2609NRegistered now · Cessna 140S/N 12869 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On March 27, 2022 at approximately 15:46 CDT, a Cessna 140 bearing registration number N2609N, privacy data omitted, made a forced landing on highway 54 near mile marker 370(10 miles north of Van Horn due to loss of oil pressure. The aircraft was being operated on a cross country flight. Visual meterological conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft suffered minor damage, and the pilot and passenger were not injured. The flight originated from settle, Washington on March 27, 2022.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 27, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:46 CDT, A CESSNA 140 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N2609N, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE A FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY 54 NEAR MILE MARKER 370(10 MILES NORTH OF VAN HORN DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SETTLE, WASHINGTON ON MARCH 27, 2022.