- Date
- May 23, 1987, 19:40 local (May 24, 1987, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Waco, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N111NZCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870524017839A
- Case key
- 22372
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that brakes were applied during the landing roll prior to the tailwheel making ground contact causing the aircraft to nose over and come to rest inverted. The aircraft was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111NZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12372
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carol Towerton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1987 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- BKD · Breckenridge, TX
- Airport
- PVT · Whiteknuckle, runway 14, 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 325 total · 325 in this make and model · 325 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACT, 7 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.
Other investigations on N111NZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.