- Date
- November 12, 2001, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Keosauqua, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90287Schenfield Acro Sport II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20011112033569A
- Case key
- 53775
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Probable cause
Aircraft control not maintained by pilot during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing roll at the pilot's private airstrip. The pilot reported, "Upon touchdown-over controlled nose elevation and applied brakes too hard-had prop strike and flipped plane on back."
Factual narrative
On November 12, 2001, at 1700 central standard time, an experimental Schenfield Acro Sport II, N90287, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing roll. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight had departed a private grass airstrip at a neighboring farmstead located near Keosauqua, Iowa, at 1630, and was en route to the pilot's grass airstrip. The private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported, "Upon touchdown-over controlled nose elevation and applied brakes too hard-had prop strike and flipped plane on back."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90287
- Reported as
- Schenfield Acro Sport II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 140
- Airframe hours
- 868
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Winheim
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 2001 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- Keosauqua, IA
- Airport
- Lone Pine Farm, runway 135, 1,550 × 70 ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- October 17, 2001
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,034 total · 11 in this make and model · 1,012 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 100 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.