- Date
- September 25, 1999, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tyler, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76731Cessna 140A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990925047349A
- Case key
- 47458
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Probable cause
The locked left brake, which made normal braking impossible, and resulted in the airplane nosing down.
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 he was landing his tailwheel airplane on an asphalt runway. During the landing roll, he applied the brakes, but when he released brake pressure, the left brake remained engaged, pulling the airplane to the left side of the runway. He applied the right brake to compensate. When the airplane slowed, it nosed down.
Factual narrative
On September 25, 1999, approximately 1000 central daylight time, a Cessna 140A tail-wheel equipped airplane, N76731, was substantially damaged when it nosed over during landing at the Tyler Pounds Field Airport near Tyler, Texas. The private pilot, who was the owner and operator of the airplane, and his passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The local flight originated from Tyler, Texas, at 0915.
In the enclosed Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2), the pilot stated that during the landing roll, he applied brakes to slow down. When the pilot released brake pedal pressure, the left brake remained engaged and pulled the airplane towards the left side of the runway. The pilot stated that he applied right brake pressure to keep the airplane going straight down the runway. When the airplane slowed, it nosed down and came to rest.
The FAA inspector, who visited the accident site, stated that the fuselage was buckled near the top right door hinge and the right strut fuselage attaching point. The propeller, engine, and engine mounts were also damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76731
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11163
- Airframe hours
- 2,970
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ernest L. Brady Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1999 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- TYR
- Airport
- TYR · Tyler Pounds Field, runway 13, 5,201 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 242 total · 127 in this make and model · 191 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYR
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 N76731 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.