# NTSB CHI90LA007: Cessna 140A, N9658A, Peoria, IL, October 10, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 10, 1989, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Location: 40.6642° N, 89.6933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL DOWNING - PEORIA INTL (PIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6642&lon=-89.6933&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 18, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14574
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14574/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA007

## Probable cause

INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS BY THE PILOT.  THE TAILWIND, THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF BRAKES, AND HIS LACK OF RECENT EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT WERE CONSIDERED TO BE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of recent experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9658A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9658A), registered now, S/N 15379, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Registry model: [Cessna 140A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (registry code 2071604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15379
- Airframe hours: 8585
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-90-12F 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Magnuson, Howard F.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 25, 1986, 43 hours before
- Departed: PIA
- Destination: PIA
- Airport: PIA, Greater Peoria

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,991 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 1,901 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 9 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIA

## 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 19891010039599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891010039599A), Oct 10, 1989: Cessna 140A, Peoria, IL, Substantial damage. Hit brakes while taxiing to ramp tail up and downwind. The combination caused a nose over.

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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