# NTSB investigations: Cessna 140, 1985 NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB MKC86LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA038.md): Cessna 140 · Coy, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 21, 1985 · N3587V · Substantial damage > The pilot reports that the engine of N3587V was run at idle for an extended time before the takeoff was attempted. After several minutes, the engine died. It was restarted and the takeoff was commenced immediately. According to the pilot, the engine was… - [NTSB CHI86LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA043.md): Cessna 140 · Rochester, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 7, 1985 · N4155N · Substantial damage > Upon takeoff and after reaching an altitude of approx ten feet the right side of the cowl became unlatched and whipped up into the airstream, blocking the pilots forward view and causing some control problems. He elected to abort the takeoff and ran off the… - [NTSB ANC86LAG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LAG01.md): Cessna 140 · Beluga, AK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Oct 4, 1985 · N2181N · Substantial damage > The student plt attempted takeoff from am unimproved, overgrown river bed. He stated he paced off the distance availablefor takeoff and it was too short, however, he decided to takeoff anyway. The acft impacted alders and a stream bank just as it was lifting… - [NTSB FTW85FA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA245.md): Cessna 140 · Tioga, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 4, 1985 · N3180N · Destroyed > Witnesses observed the acft apchg from the northwest at an estimated alt of about 100 ft AGL. As it passed their position, the plt rolled into a steep (90 deg) right bank, then roll back out. The witnesses reported that after the acft rolled out of the bank,… - [NTSB FTW85FRG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FRG01.md): Cessna 140 · Boerne, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 15, 1985 · N2431V · Substantial damage > The acft cartwheeled after contacting a tree while landing. The plt reported a hard landing occurred, the acft bounced 10 to 20 ft in the air and veered left where it contacted the tree. - [NTSB NYC85LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA119.md): Cessna 140 · Latrobe, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 8, 1985 · N4034N · Substantial damage > The plt reported that during a landing, the acft began to swerve to the right. At about the time he was regaining control, the left gear spring (strut), pn Q441138, failed. Subsequently, the acft went off the rwy & the left wing was damaged. An exam of the… - [NTSB BFO85LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LA043.md): Cessna 140 · Chesapeake, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 6, 1985 · N2034V · Substantial damage > The student plt was making a takeoff from rwy 20 with an estimated 10 kt right x-wind. After about 800 ft of ground run, the acft lifted off at aprx 65 mph. At an alt of about 30 ft, the acft began to settle in a left drift as it flew abeam trees on the right… - [NTSB ATL85FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA140.md): Cessna 140 · Hawesville, KY · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 1985 · N72587 · Destroyed > The acft collided with and sunk into the Ohio river following a wing separation after contacting the lowest wire in a set of 3 power lines which spanned the river. Two other wires were located above the set of 3 power lines. Witnesses on and near the river… - [NTSB LAX85FA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA198.md): Cessna 140 · Petaluma, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 1985 · N140MC · Destroyed > The ATP plt initiated a short x-country flt at night in an acft with no attitude gyro instruments. Just before the acft crashed, witnesses heard the acft. They reported that the eng sounded like the plt was doing stunts or sharp turns. They said they could… - [NTSB ATL85LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA130.md): Cessna 140 · Hawesville, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 2, 1985 · N89128 · Substantial damage > The plt was on a flt from lordsburg, NM, to mansfield, OH, and could not find hancock county airport, Hawesville, KY. While searching for the airport the engine lost total power due to fuel exhaustion. The plt said that he planned to refuel at hancock co.… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1985 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071602', '2071603')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2071602&year=1985 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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