- Date
- February 25, 2008, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Venice, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N845VWaco CTO
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Orlando FSDO-15
- FAA report
- 20080225836359A
- Case key
- 67584
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of brakes during the landing roll.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the landing roll he probably braked excessively, which caused the airplane to nose over. Examination by an FAA inspector revealed that no mechanical anomalies were found with the airplane. The vertical stabilizer was buckled as a result of the nose over.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that during the landing roll he probably braked excessively, which caused the airplane to nose over. Examination by an FAA inspector revealed that no mechanical anomalies were found with the airplane. The vertical stabilizer was buckled as a result of the nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N845V
- Reported as
- Waco CTO
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3225
- Airframe hours
- 4,027
- Engine
- Wright 760A, 130 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph G. Gorenstien
- Registered owner
- Bell Aviation incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 2007 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- VNC · Venice, FL
- Destination
- VNC · Venice, FL
- Airport
- VNC · Venice Muni, runway 22, 5,000 × 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
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2007
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 10 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 25 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 N845V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.