- Date
- April 27, 1976
- Place
- Cambridge City, IN · CAMBRIDGE CITY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4020NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760427008989A
- Case key
- 153380
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0989 76/4/27 CAMBRIDGE CITY,IN CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 83 TOTAL TIME - 1855 N4020N PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW CASTLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLDS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- FIRE IN AREA OF R RUDDER PEDAL.BLACKLIKE SOOT ON FIREWALL BLO WIRING.MUFFLER CRACKED NEAR TAILPIPE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4020N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.