- Date
- May 21, 1992, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Greenwood, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6989KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920521015619A
- Case key
- 15451
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Probable cause
Excessive application of the brakes during landing roll.
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 private pilot was getting a check out in tail wheel aircraft. Earlier in the day, the pilot and an instructor had performed six stop and go landings. This flight was the pilot's first observed solo. During landing roll he applied excessive braking and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6989K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- PA20-98
- Airframe hours
- 2,390
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael J. Bauman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1991 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- UGN · Waukegan, IL
- Destination
- UGN
- Airport
- 10C · Galt, runway 18, 2,100 × 100 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 5 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UGN, 23 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.