# Incident 19780527040939I: Cessna 140, Indianapolis, IN, May 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1978, 17:40 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Speedway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7994° N, 86.3563° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Speedway Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7994&lon=-86.3563&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76505, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76505-1992-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527040939I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLOW AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING INCORRECT USE OF BRAKES AND POWER ALLOWED CRAFT TO NOSE OVER.

## Other reports on N76505 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880621033589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880621033589A), Jun 21, 1988: Cessna 140 (N76505), Clifton, TX, Substantial damage. Ground looped after landing on a first solo flight. Was students third landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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