- Date
- September 12, 2011, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Camden, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N89954Cessna 120
- Defining event
- Taxi: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20110912020159A
- Case key
- 81798
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The flight instructor's inadvertent braking during taxi.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
While taxiing the tailwheel-equipped airplane after landing, the flight instructor was demonstrating to the student some taxi techniques. During the demonstration, the flight instructor inadvertently applied the brakes, causing the airplane to nose over. Postaccident examination of the airplane indicated that the vertical stabilizer and rudder were crushed. The flight instructor reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
While taxiing the tail-wheel equipped airplane after landing, the flight instructor was demonstrating to the student some taxi techniques. During the demonstration, the flight instructor inadvertently applied the brakes, and the airplane nosed over. Postaccident examination of the airplane showed the vertical stabilizer and rudder were crushed. The flight instructor reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89954
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9006
- Airframe hours
- 5,750
- Engine
- Cont Motor C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Fly-A-Way LLC
- Registered owner
- Fly-A-Way LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 2011
- Departed
- CDH · Camden, AR
- Destination
- CDH · Camden, AR
- Airport
- CDH · Harrell Field Airport
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 40
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 27, 2011
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 903 total · 25 in this make and model · 592 as pilot in command · 103 in the last 90 days · 84 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 25
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 2 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 29, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 303 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.