# NTSB CHI92LA246: Cessna 140, N72379, Chillicothe, MO, August 18, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 18, 1992, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Chillicothe, MO
- Coordinates: 39.790054, -93.54927 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7901&lon=-93.5493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15522
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA246
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15522/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA246

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE AIRPLANES BRAKES.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72379), registered now, S/N 9565, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 9565
- Airframe hours: 2996
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920818031869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920818031869A), Aug 18, 1992: Cessna 140, Chillicothe, MO, Substantial damage. Nosed over near end of landing roll. Pilot states he may have hit brakes.

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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