- Date
- June 10, 2003, 21:00 local (Jun 11, 2003, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9667ACessna 140A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA, Anchorage Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20030610037399A
- Case key
- 57197
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive application of the brakes during the landing roll of a short field landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported he was practicing short field landings in his tailwheel-equipped airplane on a gravel airstrip. He said he applied the brakes excessively during the landing roll, while the tailwheel was still off the ground. The airplane subsequently nosed over, and received structural damage to the vertical stabilizer.
Factual narrative
On June 10, 2003, about 2100 Alaska daylight time, a tailwheel-equipped Cessna 140A airplane, N9667A, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during the landing roll at the Goose Bay airstrip, located about 13 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska. The solo private pilot/airplane owner received minor injuries. The Title 14, CFR Part 91 local personal flight operated in day visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight departed Merrill Field, Anchorage, about 2000.
During a telephone conversation with the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC) on June 11, the pilot reported that he was practicing short field landings on the gravel airstrip. On the accident landing, he said he applied the main landing gear wheel brakes too hard while the airplane's tailwheel was still off the ground, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane received structural damage to the vertical stabilizer. The pilot indicated that there were no preimpact mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9667A
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15388
- Airframe hours
- 3,320
- Engine
- Continental C-90-14F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Shawn J. Deford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 2002 · 226 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z40 · Goose Bay, runway 25, 3,000 × 75 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- December 20, 2002
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 275 total · 260 in this make and model · 228 as pilot in command · 94 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.