# Incident 19960813030599I: Cessna 140, Oceano, CA, August 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1996, 11:00 local time
- Place: Oceano, CA
- Airport: Oceano County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1015° N, 120.6223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEANO COUNTY (L52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1015&lon=-120.6223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77233, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77233-2013-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960813030599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: CESSNA N77233, OPERATED BY CHARLES O'DONALD RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND LOWER COWL WHEN IT NOSED OVER DURING A LANDING ATTEMPT AT THE OCEANO AIRPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING A WHEEL LANDING AND TOUCHED THE BRAKES BEFORE THE TAIL WHEEL WAS FIRMLY ON THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER AND THE PROP MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE LAST THREE INCHES OF THE PROP BLADES TIPS WERE BENT BACK AND THE SPINNER AND LOWER COWL WERE SCRAPED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD OVERSIZED TIRES AND A NON STANDARD TAIL WHEEL. THIS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT. THE OWNER STATED THAT THESE ITEMS WERE INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE PURCHASED IT. THERE WAS ALSO EVIDENCE OF CORROSION AND RUST ON THE AIRFRAME AND OTHER AIRWORTHINESS CONCERNS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTORS WILL CONTACT THE MECHANIC WHO COMPLETED THE RECENT ANNUAL AND DISCUSS THE MAINTENANCE QUESTIONS. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL DUAL BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT. HE INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WILL NOT BE REPAIRED. NO PILOT DEVIATION AND NO 8010-11 GENERATED.

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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