# Accident 20181015024709A: Cessna 140, Watkins, CO, October 15, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2018, 10:30 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Front Range Aipport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7936° N, 104.5414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7936&lon=-104.5414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76154, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76154) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 20,087 total, 30 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181015024709A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/15/2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:46 HRS. (MDT), N76514, SN10551, CESSNA 140 CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RWY 26 AT FRONT RANGE AIRPORT (KFTG), DENVER, CO.   DURING TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT SLIGHT DRIFT TO THE RIGHT.  THE PILOT CAME ON THE RUDDERS TO HELP CORRECT TO PARALLEL THE CENTERLINE. AS SLOWING (APROX 35-40MPH), PILOT  REACHED FOR THE YOKE TO EASE BACK AND  HELP LOWER THE TAIL, BUT BEFORE COULD MAKE A CONTROL INPUT, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING PITCH NOSE DOWN AND FLIPPED ON ITS BACK. THE EVENT CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT: BOTH PROPELLER BLADES BENT AND SPINNER DENTED, LOWER ENGINE COWLING DENTED BY AIR FILTER HOUSING TO INCLUDE AREA BY THE ENGINE FIREWALL, LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS  SKIN WRINKLED, STEEL TUBE STRUTS BENT, TOP AREA OF THE RUDDER  AND VERTICAL STABILIZER DAMAGED.  TWO PEOPLE ONBOARD.  NO INJURIES. VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) EXISTED AT THE TIME.

## 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 GAA19CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA026), Oct 15, 2018: Cessna 140 (N76154), Denver, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent brake application, which resulted in a loss of directional control and a subsequent 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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