- Date
- October 9, 2023, 11:14 local (17:14 UTC)
- Place
- Peyton, CO · Near taxiway Alpha
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N19173Fairchild 24 G
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20231009015949A
- Case key
- 193218
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 pilot’s excessive brake application during landing rollout led to the airplane nosing over.
Findings · 2
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
The pilot reported that preceding the accident he had performed four uneventful touch and go landings for practice. During the fifth and final landing to a full stop, the airplane veered left of runway centerline. The pilot attempted to correct by applying rudder and brakes and reported that he “went too far” with braking application. The airplane nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies with the flight controls or brakes. The Fairchild 24 is a vintage aircraft. The previous owner was given field approval for installation of a Cleveland wheel and brake kit #199-64, commonly used for higher weight Cessna 310 airplanes. The Cleveland brakes provided more braking power than the originally installed brakes, which likely contributed to the pilot’s excessive braking.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19173
- Reported as
- Fairchild 24 G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2958
- Built
- 1937
- Airframe hours
- 1,170
- Engine
- Warner Super 550 Super Scarab, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- American Aviation II LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 13, 2023 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- FLY · Colorado Springs, CO
- Destination
- FLY · Colorado Springs, CO
- Airport
- FLY · Meadow Lake Airport, runway 15, 6,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 71
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 27, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 23,085 total · 8 in this make and model · 16,397 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- KFLY
- METAR
- KFLY 091715Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 21/M01 A3014 RMK AO2 T02071013
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.