- Date
- January 15, 1982, 09:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Spokane, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N72901Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820115001129A
- Case key
- 72669
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Analysis
After an annual inspection, the pilot made a thorough ground check and taxied out for a test flight. During takeoff, the engine lost power at about 50 ft AGL. The pilot landed on the runway overrun in about 9 inches of crusted snow and the plane nosed over. No problems were found with the engine, fuel, or fuel system. The engine was operated at takeoff power for 2 minutes using both the left and right tanks with no discrepancies.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72901
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10095
- Airframe hours
- 1,261
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Jack Muncy
- Registered owner
- Jack Muncy
- Departed
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Destination
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Airport
- SFF · Felts, runway 21, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,271 total · 720 in this make and model · 9,999 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 99 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N72901 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.