# Incident 20240411005199I: Cessna 140, Grand Junction, CO, April 11, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2024, 17:00 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Grand Junction Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1215° N, 108.5255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND JUNCTION RGNL (GJT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1215&lon=-108.5255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2252V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2252V) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,420 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240411005199I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR BEGAN THEIR TRAINING FLIGHT WITH TAXI PRACTICE IN THE CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT. THE CFI DECIDED THE STUDENT HAD SATISFACTORY CONTROL DURING TAXI AND WENT TO ACTIVE RUNWAY TO TAKE-OFF. DURING THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE TAKE-OFF ROLL EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ROTATION AND REACHED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AGL MULTIPLE WASPS STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE LEFT PILOT VENT ON TO THE STUDENT PILOT. THE STUDENT PILOT STARTED TO SWAT THE WASPS AND BUMPED THE YOKE FORWARD. THE CFI GRABBED THE YOKE TO STOP THE DESCENT. DURING RECOVERY THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING AND PROPELLER STRIKE WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.

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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