# NTSB CEN25LA050: Cessna 140, N76061, Mason, MI, November 25, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: November 25, 2024, 17:36 local (22:36 UTC) - Place: Mason, MI - Coordinates: 42.565768, -84.423206 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5658&lon=-84.4232&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: Federal Aviation Administration, Detroit FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 195548 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA050 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195548/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195548 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA050 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during landing rollout that resulted in a nose over and an impact with the runway. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/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: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/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) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was receiving flight instruction from the flight instructor towards a tailwheel endorsement at the time of the accident. The pilot completed several flight maneuvers with the flight instructor before returning to the departure airport where they practiced landings. During these landings, the airplane ended up about 10-15 ft left of the runway centerline before stopping. During the last landing, the pilot flew a stabilized approach with full flaps, at an airspeed of 60 mph, and a descent rate of 300 ft/min. The airplane touched down on its main landing gear and during rollout the pilot placed aileron control input into the wind. The pilot applied corrective rudder control input when the airplane began to drift left of the runway centerline, but the airplane continued to drift left. The pilot did not remember if he applied brakes during the beginning of the landing rollout but applied brakes to prevent the airplane from going off the runway. The flight instructor stated the pilot applied full braking, and the airplane nosed over on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and left wing. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N76061](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76061-2025-09-13), registration cancelled 2025-09-13, S/N 10455 (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: 10455 - Year built: 1946 - Airframe hours: 5335 - Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Great Lakes Air Ventures LLC, doing business as Great Lakes Air Ventures - Registered owner: Great Lakes Air Ventures LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, July 1, 2024 - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: TEW, Mason Jewett Field Airport, runway 10, 4,002 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 80; injuries: none; airline transport, flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 28, 2024; seat: right; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 11,000 total, 170 in this make and model, 9,500 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours - Pilot; age 28; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 16, 2024; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 692 total, 4 in this make and model, 600 as pilot in command, 260 in the last 90 days, 63 in the last 30 days, 10 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 150° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 99 °F - Altimeter: 29.77 inHg - Observed at: TEW ## 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 20241125019689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241125019689A), Nov 25, 2024: Cessna 140, Mason, MI, Substantial damage. During a training flight, the student pilot applied excessive brakes on landing when the aircraft pulled left of the center line. The result caused the… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 21, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195548. 3.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18130363&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120-1_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilots' statement (item 2, PDF, 6 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18130805&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Statements%20Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 763 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18131360&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Template-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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