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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Lawrence, KS · July 19, 2014

Date: July 19, 2014 · 10:05 local
Place: Lawrence, KS
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N72464
Reported as: Cessna 140
Reported engine: Continental C85 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,700 total45 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N72464Registered now · Cessna 140S/N 9629 · Built 1946 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The instructor was giving inital training to a private pilot for a tailwheel endorsement. This was the students first flight in a tailwheel aircraft. They had conducted numerous full stop landings on runway 15 at the Lawrence, KS airport (lwc). The winds were light and variable, favoring runway 15. After this landing and during rollout, the aircraft was nearly stopped when it tipped up on its nose, causing minor damage to the prop and cowling. Neither the instructor nor student was injured.

As the FAA filed it

THE INSTRUCTOR WAS GIVING INITAL TRAINING TO A PRIVATE PILOT FOR A TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT. THIS WAS THE STUDENTS FIRST FLIGHT IN A TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT.THEY HAD CONDUCTED NUMEROUS FULL STOP LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 15 AT THE LAWRENCE, KS AIRPORT (LWC). THE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE, FAVORING RUNWAY 15. AFTER THIS LANDING AND DURING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEARLY STOPPED WHEN IT TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND COWLING. NEITHER THE INSTRUCTOR NOR STUDENT WAS INJURED.