- Date
- January 28, 1989, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Placerville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N512PVEaa WAG-AERO Sport
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890128001549A
- Case key
- 26165
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Probable cause
The student's improper application of brakes during the touchdown/flare phase of the landing causing the aircraft to nose over.
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 aircraft overturned on the runway after the dual student applied the brakes during the touchdown phase of the landing. The pilot in command was not able to overcome the situation and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N512PV
- Reported as
- Eaa WAG-AERO Sport (WAG-AERO S)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 674
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Eaa Chapter 512
- Registered owner
- Eaa Chapter 512
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 17, 1987
- Airport
- PVF · Placerville, runway 23, 4,200 × 75 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
- 70
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 28,937 total · 620 in this make and model · 27,000 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.