- Date
- July 26, 1987, 16:26 local (21:26 UTC)
- Place
- Arlington, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1371ARoe/Pietenpol Aircamper
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870726047319A
- Case key
- 22172
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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.
Nose over
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Analysis
As the plt was landing, he applied excessively hard braking & the acft nosed over. No pre-acdnt part failure or malfunction was evident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1371A
- Reported as
- Roe/Pietenpol Aircamper
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 6
- Airframe hours
- 54
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R.W. White
- Registered owner
- Rw White & Roy Paris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 29, 1984 · 22 hours before
- Airport
- F54 · Arlington Muni, runway 16, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
N1371ARegistered now · Roe John R PIETENPOL AIRCAMPERAirframe modelRoe John R PIETENPOL AIRCAMPEREngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 3 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 20 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.