# NTSB LAX83LA409: Cessna 140, N76112, Antioch, CA, August 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1983, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Antioch, CA
- Coordinates: 37.989696, -121.810836 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-121.8108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23834
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA409
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23834/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA409

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER THE ACFT BOUNCED HE TRIED 'TO SALVAGE A BAD LANDING.' THE ACFT CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76112](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76112), registered now, S/N 10509, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 10509
- Airframe hours: 2611
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gee Bero Aero
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 7, 1983, 10 hours before
- Departed: RHV, SAN JOSE, CA
- Airport: 012, Antioch, runway 27, 2,500 × 27 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,600 total, 55 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 1 °F, dew point 10 °F

## 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 19830825049109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830825049109A), Aug 25, 1983: Cessna 140, Antioch, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced and lost control on landing. Aircraft exited the right side of the runway.

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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