- Date
- August 6, 1998, 07:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place
- Chamblee, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N723SRWaco WMF
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980806019859A
- Case key
- 43624
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive taxi speed and excessive braking action that resulted in a nose 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 had completed a series of touch and go landings, and was exiting the runway when the airplane nosed over. During an interview with the Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Safety Inspector, the pilot reported that he may have been moving too fast, and he may have applied heavy braking as he attempted to taxi off of the runway. The pilot stated that all aircraft systems operated normally, and he had not experienced a mechanical problem with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On August 6, 1998, at 0750 eastern daylight time, a Waco WMF, N723SR, nosed over , according to the pilot, following a landing on runway 2L at the Dekalb-Peachtree Airport in Chamblee, Georgia. The personal flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. A review of weather data from the nearest weather facility disclosed that visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private rated pilot and the pilot/passenger were not injured. The flight departed Atlanta, Georgia, at 0700.
The pilot reported that they had completed a series of touch and go landings, and they were exiting the runway when the airplane nosed over. During an interview with the Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Safety Inspector, the pilot reported that he may have been moving too fast, and he may have applied heavy braking is he attempted to taxi off of the runway.
The pilot stated that all aircraft systems operated normally, and he had not experienced a mechanical problem with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N723SR
- Reported as
- Waco WMF
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F5C070
- Airframe hours
- 136
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-B2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen E. Raville
- Registered owner
- Pdk Ventures Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 1998 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- PDK
- Airport
- PDK · Dekalb Peachtree Airport, runway 2L, 4,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,634 total · 95 in this make and model · 2,263 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 360 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N723SR · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.