# NTSB LAX82DA272: Cessna 140, N90088, Santa Ynez, CA, July 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 21, 1982, 15:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Santa Ynez, CA
- Coordinates: 34.639282, -120.020835 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6393&lon=-120.0208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72547
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA272
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72547/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA272

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,cap - blocked(partial) (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

DURING PRACTICE LANDING THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND INTERMITTENTLY. THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED A DOWNWIND LANDING. PULLING UP OVER A FENCE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND MADE A HARD LANDING THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER. THE FUEL CAP VENT WAS BLOCKED WHICH PREVENTED ADEQUATE FUEL FLOW. P/N C156003-0101.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N90088](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90088-2013-01-31), registration cancelled 2013-01-31, S/N 9149, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 9149
- Airframe hours: 3901
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C85-12 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Quest Air Inc.
- Registered owner: E. Gail Eckstein Etal
- Departed: L47, SANTA YNEZ, CA
- Destination: L47, SANTA YNEZ, CA
- Airport: L47, Santa Ynez, runway 26, 2,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 786 total, 51 in this make and model, 668 as pilot in command, 52 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 176 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Accident 19820721030929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820721030929A), Jul 21, 1982: Cessna 140, Santa Ynez, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit in pattern. Stall landed clearing a fence on forced landing. Fuel cap vent blocked. Restricted fuel.

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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