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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · El Paso, TX · March 28, 2010

Date
March 28, 2010 · 15:07 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N73095
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,100 total50 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Tailwheel transition student landed with brakes applied. During roll-out, when elevator effectiveness was lost, student apparently applied more brake to stop the aircraft. Excessive brake action caused the aircraft to nose over resulting in a prop strike

As the FAA filed it

TAILWHEEL TRANSITION STUDENT LANDED WITH BRAKES APPLIED. DURING ROLL-OUT, WHEN ELEVATOR EFFECTIVENESS WAS LOST, STUDENT APPARENTLY APPLIED MORE BRAKE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. EXCESSIVE BRAKE ACTION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE