- Date
- July 25, 1986, 08:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Taos, NM
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N76541Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860725035229A
- Case key
- 16835
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
N76541 took off on rwy 04 on a high density altitude day. The acft was seen climbing with the nose high near the departure end of the rwy. The acft just cleared some electrical lines near the end of the rwy and then was observed to descend down to a height very close to the ground. When the acft banked to the left it appeared that the left wing tip struck the ground, followed by the nose impacting the ground and then the acft slid to a stop. There was no post accident fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76541
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10977
- Airframe hours
- 2,101
- Engine
- Continental C85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn Bruce Jacobs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1985 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- SKX · Taos, NM
- Destination
- 1W1 · Aurora, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SKX · Taos Municipal, runway 4, 5,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 50 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.