# NTSB DFW07CA195: Cessna 140, N72699, Lubbock, TX, September 8, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 8, 2007, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC) - Place: Lubbock, TX - Coordinates: 33.844444, -101.761108 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8444&lon=-101.7611&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 20, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Lubbock, Texas - NTSB case key (mKey): 66627 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW07CA195 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66627/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA195 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing. A contributing factor was the flight instructor's delay in taking remedial action. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing - roll - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command ## Analysis A flight instructor was providing flight instruction to a commercial pilot leading to a tailwheel endorsement. Toward the end of the instructional period, the flight instructor demonstrated wheel landings, which the pilot receiving instruction was able to perform satisfactorily. The flight instructor reported that while executing another wheel landing on Runway 17, the commercial pilot started to lose directional control, overcorrected, and used excessive differential braking. The tailwheel-equipped airplane pitched forward and subsequently nosed-over, coming to rest in the inverted position. Runway 17 was reported to be 4,000-foot long by 75-foot wide. The winds were reported as calm and the asphalt runway was dry. The flight instructor added that the directional control could have been corrected with an application of power rather than by brake application. Additionally, the flight instructor reported that there were no anomalies or malfunctions in the airplane's flight controls or tailwheel steering system. ## Factual narrative A flight instructor was providing flight instruction to a commercial pilot leading to a tailwheel endorsement. Toward the end of the instructional period, the flight instructor demonstrated wheel landings, which the pilot receiving instruction was able to perform satisfactorily. The flight instructor reported that while executing another wheel landing on Runway 17, the commercial pilot started to lose directional control, overcorrected, and used excessive differential braking. The tailwheel-equipped airplane pitched forward and subsequently nosed-over, coming to rest in the inverted position. Runway 17 was reported to be 4,000-foot long by 75-foot wide. The winds were reported as calm and the asphalt runway was dry. The flight instructor added that the directional control could have been corrected with an application of power rather than by brake application. Additionally, the flight instructor reported that there were no anomalies or malfunctions in the airplane's flight controls or tailwheel steering system. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N72699](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72699), registered now, S/N 9875, 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: 9875 - Airframe hours: 3262 - Engines: Continental C85 85 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 2007 - Departed: LBB, LUBBOCK, TX - Destination: F83, ABERNATHY, TX - Airport: F83, Abernathy Muni, runway 17, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 65; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review December 1, 2004; seat: right; flight hours: 2,386 total, 1,198 in this make and model, 2,284 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours - Pilot; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 0° at 0 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,400 ft broken - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 30.09 inHg - Observed at: KLBB, 11 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 20070908019279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070908019279A), Sep 8, 2007: Cessna 140, Abernathy, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 8, 2007, at approximately 1030 CDT, an instructor pilot and a student were performing take-offs and full-stop landings at the Abernathy… ## Other investigations on N72699 (2) 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. - [NTSB FTW81DA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DA060), Mar 29, 1981: Cessna 140 (N72699), Kilgore, TX, substantial damage - [NTSB MIA72FLA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72FLA39), Apr 10, 1972: Cessna 140 (N72699), Milton, FL, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.