# NTSB investigations: Cessna 140, 1997

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 SEA97LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA187.md): Cessna 140 · Hillsboro, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1997 · N76233 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB LAX97LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA273.md): Cessna 140 · Pacoima, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1997 · N76102 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing.
- [NTSB SEA97LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA182.md): Cessna 140 · Vancouver, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1997 · N2076N · Substantial damage
  > Aircraft control was not maintained. Continued operation with known deficiencies in equipment and movement restrictions to an exhaust valve were factors.
- [NTSB SEA97LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA167.md): Cessna 140 · Arlington, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1997 · N4275N · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the right-main landing gear axle after landing.
- [NTSB LAX97LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA223.md): Cessna 140 · Columbia, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1997 · N4293N · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during a bounced landing recovery.
- [NTSB CHI97LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA143.md): Cessna 140 · Fulton, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 22, 1997 · N76122 · Substantial damage
  > a malfunction of the engine's carburetor that was associated with a spalled carburetor float fulcrum pin which resulted in fuel starvation.
- [NTSB LAX97LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA171.md): Cessna 140 · Palo Alto, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 1997 · N2031N · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to obtain and/or maintain adequate airspeed during initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and collision with the terrain. A factor relating to the accident was: the degraded climb performance due to an…
- [NTSB ATL97LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA062.md): Cessna 140 · Clearwater, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 25, 1997 · N2351V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to select the fuller tank for takeoff that resulted in fuel starvation to the engine, and the subsequent total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB CHI97FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97FA095.md): Cessna 140 · Big Lake, MN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 1997 · N77166 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's maneuvers which exceeded the design stress limits of the airplane and resulted in structural overload of the horizontal tail followed by a structural overload of the wings.
- [NTSB ANC97LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA020.md): Cessna 140 · Gustavus, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 13, 1997 · N2400N · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. The soft terrain was a related factor.

## 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") = 1997
  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=1997

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