# Incident 20231012016279I: Cessna 140, Orange, VA, October 12, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2023, 16:15 local time
- Place: Orange, VA
- Airport: Orange County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2472° N, 78.0456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (OMH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2472&lon=-78.0456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72757, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72757) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 29,378 total, 16 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231012016279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED IT WAS A VERY STABLE APPROACH HE TOUCHED DOWN ON CENTER LINE ON THE MAINS AS IT SLOWED DOWN HE LET THE TAIL COME DOWN AND THEN PINNED THE YOKE BACK. HE FELT LIKE HE WAS GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF LEFT WING RAISING UP AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED MOVING TO THE RIGHT HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER, IT STRAIGHTENED THEN WENT BACK BUT THEN CONTINUE TRACKING TO THE RIGHT AND FELT UNSTABLE HE ADDED MORE LEFT RUDDER AND A LITTLE BIT OF LEFT BRAKE BUT AS HE GOT CLOSER TO THE RUNWAY EDGE HE PUSHED BOTH BRAKES AND REALIZED THAT HE OVER DID THAT AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UP AND ONTO ITS NOSE. HE STATED HE SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY ADDED POWER AND WENT AROUND BUT HE WAS AFRAID OF GETTING AIRBORNE AND HITTING A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT OR SOMETHING.

## Other reports on N72757 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740307004799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740307004799A), Mar 7, 1974: Cessna 140 (N72757), Dover, DE, Substantial damage

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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