# Incident 20070727017019I: Cessna 140, Spokane, WA, July 27, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2007
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76512, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76512) (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: 108 total, 91 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070727017019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 27, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 0954 HOURS, THIS AIRCRAFT TIPPED OVER ON ITS NOSE FOLLOWING HEAVY BRAKING AFTER LANDING. THIS AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 21L, HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR A 'STOP AND GO', AND HAD LANDED FARTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY THAN USUAL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS USING MORE THAN HIS NORMAL BRAKING TO GET THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED SO AS TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO TAKE OFF AGAIN. AT APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR, EXCESS BRAKING WAS APPLIED WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO 'NOSE OVER'. THERE WERE NO SCRAPE MARKS ON THE DAMAGED COWLING INDICATING FORWARD MOTION HAD CEASED ONCE THE AIRCRAFT HAD CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LOWER COWLING, THE PROPELLER, AND SUBSEQUENT REQUIRED INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE FOR SUDDEN STOPPAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO PRE- OR POST-CRASH FIRE.

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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