# NTSB NYC83LA243: Cessna 140, N1856V, Fishers Island, NY, September 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Fishers Island, NY
- Location: 41.2521° N, 72.0316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELIZABETH FLD (0B8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2521&lon=-72.0316&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35276
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA243
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35276/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA243

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT STATED THAT HE HAD LANDED ON RWY 07 & WAS TAXING ALONG THE RWY TO THE TIEDOWN AREA WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES & THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1856V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1856V-2012-08-13), registration cancelled 2012-08-13, S/N 14035, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 140-35
- Airframe hours: 1937
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: John Lyons
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 29, 1982
- Departed: FISHERS ISLAND
- Airport: 0B8, Elizabeth, runway 7, 2,054 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 326 total, 300 in this make and model, 254 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °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 19830915050279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830915050279A), Sep 15, 1983: Cessna 140, Fishers Island, NY, Substantial damage. When pilot applied toe brakes during taxi aircraft flipped inverted.

## Other investigations on N1856V (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC82FNA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FNA08), Nov 25, 1981: Cessna 140 (N1856V), Westerly, RI, substantial damage

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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