- Date
- August 18, 1992, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chillicothe, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72379Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920818031869A
- Case key
- 15522
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of the airplanes brakes.
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 airplane was close to the conclusion of its landing roll on the sod runway when it nosed over and became inverted. Initially, the pilot could not recall what he did that would cause the airplane to nose over. Near the conclusion of the interview with the pilot he stated that he may have tapped the brakes and didn't have any elevator back pressure applied, but he wasn't sure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72379
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9565
- Airframe hours
- 2,996
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joesph Painter
- Registered owner
- Joesph Painter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1992 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- TRX · Trenton, MO
- Destination
- CHT
- Airport
- CHT · Chillicothe Muni, runway 2, 3,625 × 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Observed at
- IRK, 54 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.