- Date
- October 27, 1992, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Waverly, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4213NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921027056459A
- Case key
- 15618
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive application of 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.
Nose over
Brakes(normal) - excessiveCause
Analysis
The pilot stated he inadvertently applied excessive pressure on the brakes during the landing rollout and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4213N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13684
- Airframe hours
- 1,680
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bixby, David G.
- Registered owner
- Bixby, David G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 29, 1992 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- C25
- Destination
- C25
- Airport
- C25 · Waverly Municipal, runway 28, 2,800 × 50 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 264 total · 9 in this make and model · 230 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALO, 13 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.