# Accident 20220520007439A: Cessna 140, Wayne, NE, May 20, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2022, 18:42 local time
- Place: Wayne, NE
- Airport: Wayne Municipal/ Stan Morris Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2360° N, 96.9778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2360&lon=-96.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76075, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76075) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 740 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220520007439A

## Narrative

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

THE MORNING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ QUALIFYING WENT ON WITHOUT INCIDENT. AT 1630 LOCAL TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HELD A PILOT MEETING AND STATED THE WINDS WERE TOO HIGH FOR THE STOLDRAG COMPETITION SO THE WAIVERED EVENT WAS CANCELED FOR THE EVENING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO EMAILED THE IIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A LIST OF THE PILOTS WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^EVENT, WHICH WAS TO TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY WHEN THE WINDS WOULD BE MORE FAVORABLE. THEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OFFERED THE PILOTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY SHORT TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS (A NON-WAIVERED EVENT) DURING THE NOTAM PERIOD ALSO KNOWN BY THE AVIATION COMMUNITY AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THIS WAS VOLUNTARY ONLY AND ONLY FIVE AIRCRAFT AT A TIME. THIS MITIGATED THE RISK OF HAVING TOO MANY AIRPLANES IN THE AIR AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THIS WAS DONE IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS ON THE RADIO WITH THE PILOTS AT ALL TIMES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON CTAF JUST IN CASE ANYONE MISTAKENLY DID NOT READ THE NOTAMS AND TRIED TO ENTER THE PATTERN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE AREA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SENT A FEW AIRCRAFT AWAY WHICH WERE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS.

## 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 ERA22FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA233), May 20, 2022: Cessna 140 (N76075), Wayne, NE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack on final approach while conducting traditional short takeoff and landing operations in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in an…

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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