# Incident 20150614008189I: Cessna 140A, Poplar Grove, IL, June 14, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2015, 16:20 local time
- Place: Poplar Grove, IL
- Airport: Poplar Grove
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3229° N, 88.8363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POPLAR GROVE (C77), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3229&lon=-88.8363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5313C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5313C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140A (registry code 2071604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 139 total, 9 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150614008189I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS ON RUNWAY 30 AT POPLAR GROVE AIRPORT (C77) WHEN AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE BEGAN TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  HE APPLIED EXCESSIVE BRAKING AND AS A RESULT THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED UP ONTO ITS NOSE SECTION AND SIMULTANEOUSLY STRUCK THE LEFT WINGTIP.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HELD A SPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH THE FOLLOWING ENDORSEMENT:  AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND.   IN ADDITION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS WAS UNDERGOING PILOT TRAINING IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.

THE AIRCRAFT INVOLED WAS A CE-140A AND WAS ISSUED A STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND IN SOLO OPERATIONS AND HAD RECEIVED THE REQUIRED SOLO ENDORSEMENT FROM HIS INSTRUCTOR.

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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