# Accident 19980113000299A: Cessna 140, Goodyear, AZ, January 13, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1998, 15:20 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Goodyear Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4233° N, 112.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX GOODYEAR (GYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4233&lon=-112.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2496V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2496V-2017-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980113000299A

## Narrative

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

ON THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT INADVERTENTLY APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE. HE LOST CONTROL, GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OF THE BRAKE WAS NOTED BY THE STUDENT PILOT. (-23) PILOT ON 3RD SOLO FLIGHT. DURING 3RD LANDING, PILOT INADVERTENTLY PUT FEET ON BRAKES AND AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. AIRCRAFT THEN COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX98LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA071), Jan 13, 1998: Cessna 140 (N2496V), Goodyear, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent brake activation by the student pilot while practicing touch-and-go landings.

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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