Cessna 140 N89891

Summary

On 26 December 1988 at about 20:14 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N89891 was involved in an accident near Corona, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 December 1988 at 20:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Corona, California, United States

Nearest airport

Corona (L66)

Coordinates

33.7901, -118.0603

Aircraft

Cessna 140

Registration

N89891

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX89LA070

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND ABANDONED AT THE AIRPORT. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLIPPED OVER ON RUNWAY 25. THE SOLE OCCUPANT, A MALE, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED BY THE OCCUPANT AND SEVERAL OTHER UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE TO A TIEDOWN AREA ON THE AIRPORT. A FAA INSPECTOR ARRIVED ON SCENE ABOUT ONE HALF HOUR AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE FAA INSPECTOR COULD NOT LOCATE THE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. 3 DAYS LATER THE AIRPLANE WAS TAKEN FROM THE AIRPORT BY AN UNKNOWN PERSON. THE AIRPLANE HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN SOLD. THE NEW OWNER HAS NOT RE-REGISTERED THE AIRPLANE. THE PRIOR REGISTERED OWNER DID NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT OWNER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.