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Event DEN84LA287

1984-09-11 BELGRADE, Montana, United States Airport · BZN None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2628N

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 140

Year of manufacture

1947 · 37 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570905

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A289E8

Registrant of record

CRAWFORD CHRISTOPHER S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF GROUND ROLL ON THE GRASS AIRSTRIP THE ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO PRODUCE FULL POWER WHEN 2/3 THE WAY DOWN THE RWY. PLT APPLIED BRAKES TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF BEFORE THE TAILWHEEL WAS ON THE GROUND. THE ACFT NOSED OVER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_DEN84LA287.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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