- Date
- January 12, 1984, 17:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Jayton, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3014NCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840112000849A
- Case key
- 21247
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Aircraft performance,turn capability - erraticFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft nosed over during landing. The plt said he was trying to correct a veer in the tail wheel acft and may have inadvertantly used the right brake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3014N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13272
- Airframe hours
- 3,196
- Engine
- Continental C85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mike Norris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1983 · 33 hours before
- Airport
- 22F · Kent County, runway 17, 3,300 × 50 ft, asphalt
N3014NRegistration cancelled Sep 29, 2014 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,060 total · 425 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 25° at 3 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.