- Date
- December 8, 1991, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbury, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89997Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911208062009A
- Case key
- 15388
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of the brakes. An associated factor is the pilot's lack of total experience in the type airplane.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The tailwheel airplane nosed over during the landing roll. The pilot reported he applied the wheel brakes too hard and was unable to keep the nose from pitching down. The nose struck the ground and the airplane ultimately nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89997
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9051
- Airframe hours
- 2,970
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John P. Janson
- Registered owner
- John P. Janson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1991 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- SUK · Sioux City, IA
- Airport
- FBY · Fairbury, runway 35, 3,700 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 7 in this make and model · 3,600 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.