# NTSB CHI07CA122: Cessna 140, N72953, Winner, SD, April 27, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 26, 2007, 19:00 local (Apr 27, 2007, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Winner, SD
- Coordinates: 43.390277, -99.842224
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3903&lon=-99.8422&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 27, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65843
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07CA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65843/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA122

## Probable cause

The pilot's excessive use of braking during the landing roll, causing the aircraft to nose over.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - grass (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The airplane was substantially damaged when it nosed over after landing on the  2900-foot-long by 150-foot-wide turf runway. The pilot stated the condition of the turf runway as being mowed and slightly damp. He stated that another aircraft was coming in to the airport, and thought that he should stop before getting to the intersecting runway. When he landed, he said he tapped the brakes on accident and the airplane nosed ove

## Factual narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged when it nosed over during a landing roll on a 2,900-foot long by 150-foot wide turf runway. The pilot stated that as he was landing on the turf runway, another airplane announced that it was landing on the intersecting paved runway.  The pilot decided he needed to stop his airplane prior to reaching the intersection.  The airplane nosed over when he applied the brakes.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N72953](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72953), registered now, S/N 10151 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 10151
- Engines: Continental C-85 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SFD, Winner, SD

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 88 total, 26 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20070426007839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070426007839A), Apr 26, 2007: Cessna 140, Winner, SD, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 26, 2007, N72953, a Cessna 140 was doing touch and gos on the grass strip, at bob wiley field in Winner, SD. On landing the pilot either applied…

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. Compare the reported make and model.

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