- Date
- October 7, 1985, 17:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N77110Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851007053929A
- Case key
- 30242
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
Fuel system,carburetor - starvationCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Loss of control - in flight
Stall - not correctedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Acft collided with trees while executing a go-around. The acft lost power, the plt lowered the nose in an attempt to restart the eng while turning right in an effort to return to the rwy. The acft stalled and collided with trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77110
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11568
- Airframe hours
- 3,277
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Andrew M. Tuthill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1984 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- VSF · Springfield, VT
- Destination
- 2B3 · Newport-Parlin, NH
- Airport
- 2B3 · Parlin, runway 18, 2,800 × 48 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 104 total · 104 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- LEB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.