- Date
- August 11, 1998, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Benton, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76884Cessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1999
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980811029649A
- Case key
- 43751
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadvertant excessive use of the toe brakes during the 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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during a soft field landing the airplane contacted a bump in the terrain at which time he felt the airplane rise up. He stated he applied aft elevator control and used the rudder to maintain directional control. He continued to report he inadvertently applied the brakes while attempting to maintain rudder control. When the airplane came to a stop, the tail lifted and the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
On August 11, 1998, at 1330 central daylight time, a Cessna 120, N76884, operated by a commercial pilot nosed over while landing at the Benton Airport, Benton, Kansas. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from the Jabara Airport, Wichita, Kansas, at 1200 cdt.
The pilot reported he wanted to make a soft field landing so he lined the airplane up on the grass next to the runway. He reported that after touching down and rolling several feet, the airplane contacted a bump in the terrain at which time he "...felt the airplane come up." The pilot reported he applied aft elevator control and maintained rudder control. He continued to report, "However I believe I may have placed my feet too high on the rudder and caught the toe brake." He reported that as the airplane stopped, the tail lifted and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76884
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11318
- Engine
- Continental C-84, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sabris Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3KM · Wichita, KS
- Destination
- 1K1
- Airport
- 1K1 · Benton Airport, runway 34, 2,600 × 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 762 total · 17 in this make and model · 631 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.