# NTSB CHI72DEA08: Cessna 140, N77201, Lebanon, IN, July 6, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 6, 1971
- Place: Lebanon, IN · LEBANON, IN
- Location: 40.0364° N, 86.4611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lebanon, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0364&lon=-86.4611&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 29, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162630
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72DEA08
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72DEA08

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2368   71/7/6    LEBANON,IND         CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 51, 177
        TIME - 1730                    N77201              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HOBSONS FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WHITESTOWN,IND              LEBANON,IND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
        REMARKS- PLT ADDD PWR INSTEAD OF REDUCING PWR ON LDG ROLLOUT.ACFT RAN OFF RWY,HIT FENCE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N77201](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77201-2022-01-08), registration cancelled 2022-01-08, S/N 11663, 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: Hobsons Field

## Other investigations on N77201 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI89LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA089), May 12, 1989: Cessna 140 (N77201), Terre Haute, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE CROSSWIND.

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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