# NTSB CHI81DER11: Cessna 140A, N53990, St Cloud, MN, January 29, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 29, 1981
- Place: St Cloud, MN · ST CLOUD, MN
- Location: 45.5608° N, 94.1625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Cloud, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5608&lon=-94.1625&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 17, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127164
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI81DER11
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER11

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0045  81/1/29    ST CLOUD,MN         CESSNA 140A         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 32
        TIME - 1600                    N53990              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ST CLOUD MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ST CLOUD,MN                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N53990 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: St Cloud Muni

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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