- Date
- July 4, 1992, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9664ACessna 140A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920704023749A
- Case key
- 15489
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive application of wheel brakes after touchdown.
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 pilot stated the airplane bounced during landing and he held forward control pressure at the second touchdown. He then applied 'too much brake,' and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9664A
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15385
- Airframe hours
- 10,083
- Engine
- Continental C-90-16, 95 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- K And R, Inc.
- Registered owner
- K And R, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1992 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- K34 · Gardner, KS
- Airport
- 3GV · East Kansas City, runway 27, 3,800 × 44 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 667 total · 97 in this make and model · 613 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 21 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.