- Date
- December 3, 1981
- Place
- Cottonwood, AZ · COTTONWOOD, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2040NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811203080329A
- Case key
- 122644
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3492 81/12/3 COTTONWOOD,AZ CESSNA 140 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 479 TIME - 1735 N2040N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTONWOOD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESCOTT,AZ COTTONWOOD,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- 1 1/2GAL FUEL IN L TK,5GAL IN R TK,FUEL SEL ON L TK.2GAL UNUSABLE IN EACH TK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2040N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cottonwood Muni
N2040NRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2011 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2040N · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.