Cessna 140 accident near Grand Meadow, MN
On February 8, 2008, a Cessna 140 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Grand Meadow, MN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- February 8, 2008
- Place
- Grand Meadow, MN
- Aircraft
- Cessna 140 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 43.670°N, 92.605°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080222X00232
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 8, 2008, at 1309 central standard time (cst), a 1948 Cessna 140, N3537V, piloted by an airline transport pilot, was substantially damaged during an in-flight collision with terrain following a loss of control during cruise flight near Grand Meadow, Minnesota. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The flight departed New Richmond Regional Airport (KRNH), New Richmond, Wisconsin, about 1211 cst and was enroute to Oskaloosa Municipal Airport (KOOA), Oskaloosa, Iowa. The pilot had purchased the airplane earlier in the day, and was flying to Fulton, Missouri, to attend a family event later that afternoon. He intended to stop at KOOA to obtain fuel before continuing on to Elton Hensley Memorial Airport (KFTT) near Fulton, Missouri. The accident flight path was reconstructed using data recovered from a handheld global positioning system (GPS) receiver located in the wreckage and aircraft radar track data. At 1211 cst, the airplane departed from KRNH on runway 14 and proceeded south on a direct course to KOOA. The airplane cruised between 1,600 and 1,900 feet mean sea level (msl). At 1306:48, the airplane made a 90-degree left turn and proceeded east for about 60 seconds before completing a figure-8 turn at varying altitudes between 2,200 and 2,900 feet msl. At 1309:08, the last GPS position was recorded at 2,276 feet msl. The elevation of t
Probable cause
The pilot's continued visual flight into an area of known instrument meteorological conditions in an airplane not equipped for instrument flight, and his failure to maintain control of the airplane while maneuvering at low altitude.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
