- Date
- September 2, 1983, 18:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Windham, NH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N77022Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830902074819A
- Case key
- 35269
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel grade - improperCause
Aircraft service - improperCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The eng quit during takeoff & the acft crashed into trees. The plt admitted having used 87 octane automotive no-lead gasoline in the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77022
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11468
- Airframe hours
- 2,190
- Engine
- Continental C85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack E. Shuler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1983
- Airport
- Herbert Airstrip
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 471 total · 8 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.