# Accident 20101224053689A: Cessna 140, Winnsoro, SC, December 24, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2010, 14:30 local time
- Place: Winnsoro, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3092° N, 81.1053° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3092&lon=-81.1053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76831, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76831-2013-06-24) (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 MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 65 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101224053689A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 24, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM  IN A CESSNA 140, N76831 LOSS CONTROL AN ROLED OVER ON IT BACK DURING A NORMAL LANDING AT (KFDW) FAIRFELD COUNTY AIRPORT. THOMAS TRUETT STATED " THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN BY BOB SWISHER, A CURRENT CFI, ATP (TAIL-WHEEL ENDORSED)(WITHOUT A CURRENT MEDICAL) WITH THOMAS TRUETT, ALSO A CURRENT CFI, ATP (TAIL-WHEEL ENDORSED) IN THE RIGHT SEAT.MR. SWISHER WAS MAKING A NORMAL WHEEL LANDING. THE TOUCHDOWN AND ROLL-OUT WERE PROCEEDING NORMALLY. WE WERE LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 AT KFDW. THE WINDS WERE 250 AT 5 WITH NO GUSTS STATED ON THE AWOS. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED IT BEGAN TO SLOWLY DRIFT RIGHT. MR. TRUETT WAS FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE RUDDER PEDALS AND THE CORRECTION MR. SWISHER WAS INPUTTING WAS INITIALLY SUFFICIENT. THEN THE AIRCRAFT MOVED MORE QUICKLY TO THE RIGHT AND WITH FULL CORRECTIVE RUDDER DEFLECTION ALREADY INPUT MR. SWISHER INITIATED LEFT BRAKE. THIS ACT CAUSED MR. TRUETT AND MR. SWISHER TO SLIDE FORWARD SUFFICIENTLY TO CAUSE A REFLEXIVE RESPONSE, BRACING FORWARD WITH HANDS AND FEET. THIS CAUSED BOTH PILOTS TO INADVERTENTLY DEPRESS BOTH SETS OF BRAKE PEDALS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. THE SPEED WAS SUFFICIENTLY SLOW THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SLIDE AT ALL ON THE RUNWAY".

## 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 ERA11CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA097), Dec 24, 2010: Cessna 140 (N76831), Winnsboro, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The excessive brake inputs by both pilots during the landing roll resulting in the airplane nosing over.

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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