# NTSB CHI66F0666: Cessna 140, N89523, Milwaukee, WI, April 16, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 16, 1966
- Place: Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Location: 43.0389° N, 87.9065° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milwaukee, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0389&lon=-87.9065&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 17, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172598
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66F0666
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0666

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0740  66/4/16    MILWAUKEE WIS       CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 34, 42 TOTAL
        TIME - 1201                    N89523              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TIMMERMAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        REMARKS- COTTER PIN MISSING FROM PILOTS RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL BRACKET SHAFT, PEDAL JAMMED BY LOOSE SHAFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89523](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89523), registered now, S/N 8559, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Timmerman

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.

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