# NTSB CHI69F0583: Cessna 140, N72616, West Paducah, KY, April 12, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 12, 1969
- Place: West Paducah, KY · WEST PADUCAH, KY
- Location: 37.0831° N, 88.7442° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Paducah, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0831&lon=-88.7442&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 23, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 188894
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0583
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0583

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1043  69/4/12    WEST PADUCAH,KY     CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 23, 116
        TIME - 1215                    N72616              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
        REMARKS- FARM FIELD APRXLY 1200 FT LONG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N72616](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72616-1970-06-09), registration cancelled 1970-06-09, S/N 9792 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071603) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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