# Accident 20251106018649A: Cessna 140, Whaleyville, VA, November 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2025, 15:43 local time
- Place: Whaleyville, VA
- Airport: Greenway Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5928° N, 76.6378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5928&lon=-76.6378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1860V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1860V) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 20 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251106018649A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT TOOK THE TAIL WHEEL PLANE FOR A RECREATIONAL FLIGHT ON AN IDEAL DAY. WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS HOME GRASS RUNWAY FOR A FULL STOP, HE SAID IT FELT AS THOUGH THE RIGHT WHEEL LOCKED UP. THE NOSE RAPIDLY WENT OVER, AND THE PLANE SOMERSAULTED ONTO ITS BACK. WITNESS MARKS ON THE GRASS CORROBORATED THAT THE RIGHT WHEEL WAS LOCKED. THE WEATHER WAS NO FACTOR, AND THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES OTHERWISE. WITH FAA INSPECTOR PRESENT, THE WHEELS AND BRAKES WERE FUNCTION CHECKED AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. NO ABNORMALITIES WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS, STEERING, OR BRAKES WERE NOTED.

## 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 ERA26LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA032), Nov 6, 2025: Cessna 140 (N1860V), Suffolk, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing, 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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