- Date
- May 3, 1990, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Paso Robles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2662NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900503013309A
- Case key
- 26793
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control.
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 certificated private pilot was landing his tail-wheeled airplane after two previous landings and reported that he encountered winds during the landing roll of the third landing. The airplane started to turn to the right. The pilot applied hard left brake, causing the airplane to nose down and the propeller struck the runway. The winds where reported by the pilot as light and variable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2662N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12920
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brown, Joseph C.
- Registered owner
- Brown, Joseph C
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 1989
- Airport
- PRB · Paso Roble, runway 19, 6,009 × 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
- 74
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 656 total · 29 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.