Cessna 140 — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 30, 2026
There are 4,668 Cessna 140 airframes on record (built 1945–2000), 1,603 currently registered. 113 have one or more NTSB accident records (116 records total, 9 with a fatal highest-injury classification). Data as of Jul 30, 2026.
Recent Cessna 140 accidents
The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
The pilot’s failure to recognize and mitigate carburetor icing, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power and forced landing.
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing, which resulted in a nose over.
The pilot’s inadvertent application of brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a noseover.
The plot’s failure to account sufficiently for the decrease in the airplane’s takeoff performance due to the wet turf runway, which resulted in a collision with a log barrier and subsequent nose over after aborting the takeoff.