# NTSB MIA88LA145: Cessna 140A, N84SC, Lakeland, FL, April 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 9, 1988, 11:48 local (15:48 UTC)
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Coordinates: 27.980995, -82.009529 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9810&lon=-82.0095&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32161
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32161/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA145

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal brake system - undetermined (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLT DURING THE LANDING ROLL AFTER THE PLT APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE ACFT NOSED OVER & CAME TO REST INVERTED. HE STATED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE LOCKED UP & AFTER THE ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RWY, HE DISASSEMBLED EACH BRAKE ASSY IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE THE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84SC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84SC-2011-10-11), registration cancelled 2011-10-11, S/N 15327, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Registry model: [Cessna 140A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (registry code 2071604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15327
- Airframe hours: 3208
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard M. Corwin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, October 7, 1987, 19 hours before
- Departed: X41, NEW PORT RICHEY, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LAL, Lakeland Municipal, runway 9, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; flight instructor, airline transport, flight engineer, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 18,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 12,960 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAL

## 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 19880409046399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880409046399A), Apr 9, 1988: Cessna 140A, Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. Nosed over after landing when brakes were applied. Pilot blamed brakes. Unable to verify since disassembly by pilot

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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