# Incident 20240711010209I: Cessna 140, Sterling, CO, July 11, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2024, 09:15 local time
- Place: Sterling, CO
- Airport: Sterling Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6143° N, 103.2643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STERLING MUNI (STK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6143&lon=-103.2643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77245, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77245) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 100 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240711010209I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 11, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15 MDT, A CESSNA 140 EXPERIECED A PROPELLER STRIKE ON THE GROUND WHILE ON ROLLOT FROM LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 AT STERLING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. A CROSWIND WAS PRESENT, RESULTING IN MOMENTARY LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, HARD APPLICATION OF THE BRAKE, AND A NOSE PITCH DOWN CONDITION.

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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