- Date
- September 1, 2011, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Conroe, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76521Cessna 140
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20110901024899A
- Case key
- 81917
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive use of brakes during the landing.
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
During the landing rollout, the pilot applied the brakes and the airplane nosed over. The fuselage, vertical stabilizer, and left wing struts were substantially damaged. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. He said that the accident could have been prevented if he had allowed the airplane to roll out without applying the brakes.
Factual narrative
During the landing rollout, the pilot applied brakes and the airplane nosed over coming to rest in an inverted position on the runway. The fuselage, vertical stabilizer, and left wing struts were substantially damaged. Per a photograph provided to the investigator-in charge (IIC), the airplane was not equipped with the manufacture’s optional landing gear extensions, which extend the main wheels forward. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76521
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10953
- Airframe hours
- 3,474
- Engine
- Cont Motor C85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Noslen Enterprises
- Registered owner
- Noslen Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2011
- Departed
- XS09 · New Waverly, TX
- Destination
- CXO · Conroe, TX
- Airport
- CXO · Lone Star Executive, runway 14, 6,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 7, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 380 total · 261 in this make and model · 281 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 25, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 559 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.