- Date
- September 26, 1987, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Ysidro, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N76907Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870926079129A
- Case key
- 17315
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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
The plt and pax were on a LCL sightseeing flt. The plt stated that he had been flying low and slow at a nose high attitude. The engine began to overheat and did not cool off and the pilot executed a precautionary landing on a dirt road. The acft ballooned and touched down over a rise in the road. Acft crested a second hill and collided with a cattle guard and gate. Post crash exam revealed oil dipstick was not properly secured and oil escaped from oil filler tube.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76907
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11349
- Airframe hours
- 3,520
- Engine
- Continental 90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Timothy M. Leonard
- Registered owner
- Timothy Leonard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 19, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- E98 · Los Lunas, NM
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 444 total · 310 in this make and model · 318 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.