# NTSB CHI69F0062: Cessna 140, N90156, Hamilton, OH, July 2, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: July 2, 1968
- Place: Hamilton, OH · HAMILTON, OH
- Location: 39.3943° N, 84.5655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hamilton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3943&lon=-84.5655&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 16, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109826
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1942   68/7/2    HAMILTON,OHIO       CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 322
        TIME - 1915                    N90156              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 312 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HAMILTON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- STRUCK PILE OF DIRT,USED FOR AFLD CONSTRUCTION,ON END OF RNWY.PLT WAS AWARE OF DIRT PRIOR TO FLT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N90156](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90156-2019-11-25), registration cancelled 2019-11-25, S/N 9221, 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: Destroyed
- Airport: Hamilton

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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