# NTSB GAA19CA013: Cessna 140, N89266, Marina, CA, October 10, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 10, 2018, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Marina, CA
- Coordinates: 36.680831, -121.763336 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6808&lon=-121.7633&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi-from runway: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 8, 2019
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98445
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19CA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98445/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98445
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA013

## Probable cause

The pilot’s inadvertent application of the brakes, which resulted in a nose-over.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Landing gear system: brake](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Unnecessary use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 297 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi-from runway: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)
- [Taxi-from runway: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 49 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, after landing, as he pressed the right rudder to turn off the runway, his foot slipped, he inadvertently applied the brake, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing lift strut, left wing, and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, after landing, as he pressed the right rudder to turn off the runway, his foot slipped and he inadvertently applied the brake, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing lift strut, left wing, and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89266](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89266-2019-02-26), registration cancelled 2019-02-26, S/N 8290, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 140 (Undesignat)
- 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: 8290
- Year built: 1946
- Airframe hours: 3102.2
- Engines: Continental C85 SERIES 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 6, 2018
- Departed: RHV, San Jose, CA
- Destination: OAR, Marina, CA
- Airport: OAR, Marina Muni, runway 29, 3,483 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: None

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 10, 2018; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 3 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,100 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.84 inHg
- Observed at: KSNS, 8 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 20181010019689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181010019689A), Oct 10, 2018: Cessna 140, Marina, CA, Substantial damage. On 10/10/2018 at approximately 1026 local time, N89266 landed runway 29, and while on the rollout and approaching taxiway charlie he applied the brakes and the…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 6, 2019, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98445. 1.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 849 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40470051&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Accident Pictures (item 2, .PDF, 2 photos, 467 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40470052&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Pictures-Master.PDF

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.

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