# Accident 20171108018389A: Cessna 140, Macon, GA, November 8, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2017, 15:35 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Macon Downtown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8217° N, 83.5619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8217&lon=-83.5619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76238, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76238-2020-05-02) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 81 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171108018389A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/08/2017 THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N76238 WAS DEMONSTRATING A WHEEL LANDING TOUCH AND GO. THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AFTER FLAP RETRACTION AND THE AIRCRAFT HOPPED TO THE RIGHT AND THEN LEFT. THE PILOT WAS ADJUSTING PITCH AND APPLYING NORMAL DOWNWARD PRESSURE TO LIFT THE TAIL AND MAINTAIN A LEVEL ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO GET INTO A PITCH DOWN ATTITUDE MORE THAN NORMAL AND THE PILOT INCREASED UPWARD YOKE PRESSURE BUT COULD NOT STOP THE NOSE OVER AND THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED AT 10 TO 15 FEET LEFT OF CENTERLINE.

## 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 GAA18CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA047), Nov 8, 2017: Cessna 140 (N76238), Macon, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's incorrect pitch control during takeoff, which resulted in a nose-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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