# NTSB CEN24LA106: Cessna 140, N1887V, Hayward, WI, February 2, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: February 2, 2024, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Hayward, WI · runway - Coordinates: 46.025266, -91.444265 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0253&lon=-91.4443&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Flight Standards - NTSB case key (mKey): 193743 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA106 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193743/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193743 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA106 ## Probable cause The pilot’s loss of control during landing rollout. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 46 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 49 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot and passenger were returning from a local flight. During landing rollout, the tail rose off the runway, and the airplane nosed over. It came to rest upside down on the runway centerline with no injuries to the occupants. The airframe sustained damage to the fuselage, both wings, the vertical stabilizer, and the rudder. The pilot stated there were no issues with the airplane and thought that applying less rudder and brake pressure might have prevented the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1887V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1887V-2025-03-22), registration cancelled 2025-03-22, S/N 14067, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 140 - Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 14067 - Year built: 1947 - Airframe hours: 3665.4 - Engines: Continental C-200-A 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 3, 2023, 3 hours before - Departed: HYR, Hayward, WI - Destination: HYR, Hayward, WI - Airport: HYR, Sawyer County, runway 21, 5,002 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 8, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 10,887 total, 64 in this make and model, 10,072 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 110° at 7 knots - Visibility: 9 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 25 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: KHYR - METAR: METAR KHYR 022053Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM CLR 03/M04 A3010 ## 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 20240202004369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240202004369A), Feb 2, 2024: Cessna 140, Hayward, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot was landing runway 21 and during the rollout portion of the landing the pilot added too much brake pressure and flipped the airctaft. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 29, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193743. 947 KB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 394 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16683007&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Report%20--%20CEN24LA106_redacted-Rel.pdf - Accident photos (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 553 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16681643&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photos%20--%20CEN24LA106-Rel.pdf 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. 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