# NTSB CHI93LA023: Cessna 140, N4213N, Waverly, IA, October 27, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 27, 1992, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Waverly, IA
- Coordinates: 42.720973, -92.460754 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7210&lon=-92.4608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15618
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI93LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15618/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA023

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S EXCESSIVE APPLICATION OF BRAKES DURING LANDING ROLL.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED HE INADVERTENTLY APPLIED EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4213N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4213N), registered now, S/N 13684, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 13684
- Airframe hours: 1680
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19921027056459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921027056459A), Oct 27, 1992: Cessna 140, Waverly, IA, Substantial damage. Nosed over on landing roll. Pilot reported he inadvertently applied brakes during rollout.

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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