- Date
- April 6, 1969
- Place
- Biddeford, ME · BIDDEFORD, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2140NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0566 69/4/6 BIDDEFORD,ME CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N2140N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIDDEFORD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- LANDED ON RNWY 6 WIND 270 DEG 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2140N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Biddeford
N2140NRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2025 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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