# NTSB ANC03LA058: Cessna 140A, N9667A, Anchorage, AK, June 11, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 10, 2003, 21:00 local (Jun 11, 2003, 05:00 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.394443, -149.84555
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3944&lon=-149.8456&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 25, 2003
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA, Anchorage Flight Standards District Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 57197
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC03LA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57197/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA058

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9667A), registered now, S/N 15388, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 140A
- Registry model: [Cessna 140A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (registry code 2071604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15388
- Airframe hours: 3320
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; injuries: minor; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20030610037399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030610037399A), Jun 10, 2003: Cessna 140A, Goose Bay, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Mr. Deford was practicing short field, full stop landings at the Goose Bay, AK airstrip. Mr. Deford stated that on his final landing, he applied…

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.

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