- Date
- December 15, 1979
- Place
- Butler, PA · BUTLER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N90035Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791215034629A
- Case key
- 132055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3595 79/12/15 BUTLER,PA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 671 TIME - 1055 N90035 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUTLER ROE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUTLER,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- ACFT FLIPPED OVER ON BACK 900FT FROM END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90035
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Butler Roe
N90035Registration cancelled Sep 3, 2022 · 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.