# NTSB CHI80DEX22: Cessna 140A, N3547V, E Enterprise, IN, July 7, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: July 7, 1980
- Place: E Enterprise, IN · E ENTERPRISE, IN
- Location: 38.8708° N, 84.9881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Enterprise, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8708&lon=-84.9881&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 September 29, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130034
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80DEX22
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEX22

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1770   80/7/7    E ENTERPRISE,IN     CESSNA 140A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 95 TOTAL
        TIME - 1300                    N3547V              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          INDEPENDENCE,MO             ABERDEEN,OH                  EFFINGHAM,IL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3547V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3547V-2012-09-18), registration cancelled 2012-09-18, S/N 14822, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800707025019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800707025019A), Jul 7, 1980: Cessna 140A, East Enterprise, IN, Substantial damage. Tried to take off from school parking lot. Ran off hard surface before liftoff. Wheels dug into ground. Nosed over.

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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