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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Camarillo, CA · July 21, 2021

Date
July 21, 2021 · 18:24 local
Place
Camarillo, CA
Airport
Camarillo
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72979
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
306 total12 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

N72979 landed on runway 26 at kcma, made a quick left turn off runway to taxiway bravo and aircraft started a ground loop. Pilot then pushed full right rudder and applied RH brake to straighten aircraft. Aircraft straightened out and then pilot released RH brake and momentum carried aircraft over on to the nose and came to rest on the spinner.

As the FAA filed it

N72979 LANDED ON RUNWAY 26 AT KCMA, MADE A QUICK LEFT TURN OFF RUNWAY TO TAXIWAY BRAVO AND AIRCRAFT STARTED A GROUND LOOP. PILOT THEN PUSHED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND APPLIED RH BRAKE TO STRAIGHTEN AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT STRAIGHTENED OUT AND THEN PILOT RELEASED RH BRAKE AND MOMENTUM CARRIED AIRCRAFT OVER ON TO THE NOSE AND CAME TO REST ON THE SPINNER.