# NTSB MKC80DCQ27: Cessna 140, N76448, El Dorado, KS, August 3, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 3, 1980
- Place: El Dorado, KS · EL DORADO, KS
- Location: 37.8204° N, 96.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Dorado, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8204&lon=-96.8630&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129470
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC80DCQ27
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCQ27

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1796   80/8/3    EL DORADO,KS        CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 69, 783
        TIME - 0655                    N76448              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 621 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PATTY FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EMPORIA,KS                  EL DORADO,KS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- FERRY FLIGHT FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76448](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76448-1983-11-17), registration cancelled 1983-11-17, S/N 10880 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Patty Field

## 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 19800803032279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800803032279A), Aug 3, 1980: Cessna 140, El Dorado, KS, Substantial damage. Struck fence on approach end of runway. Landed upside down on end of 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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