# Accident 19980327004469A: Cessna 140, Milford Center, OH, March 27, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1998, 17:15 local time
- Place: Milford Center, OH
- Airport: Darby Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1700° N, 83.4303° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1700&lon=-83.4303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1998N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1998N) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,205 total, 410 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980327004469A

## Narrative

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

SUSPECT PROBLEM ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ELECTED ABORT. TAPPED BRAKES TOO HARD. NOSED OVER. GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE FACTOR. (.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON A TAKE-OFF ROLL FROM RUNWAY 22 WHEN SOMETHING JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND 'JUMPED' ON THE BRAKES. THE AIRPLANE THEN NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK.                (-23) ON MARCH 27, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 HRS, N1998N, A CESSNA 140 PILOTED BY WALTER E. BOWERS, JR., CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF RUN CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  MR. BOWERS STATED THAT HE WAS DEPARTING FROM HIS PRIVATE GRASS STRIP (DARBY) LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SSW OF MARYSVILLE AIRPORT ON THE 190 RADIAL.  HE WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH HIS SON ONBOARD.  THE PILOT STATED THAT ON TAKEOFF ROLL HE MUST HAVE TAPPED THE BRAKES TOO HARD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER AND COMING TO REST ON ITS BACK THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 NYC98LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA083), Mar 27, 1998: Cessna 140 (N1998N), Milford Center, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's excessive application of brakes during an aborted takeoff roll.

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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