# NTSB MIA93LA108: Monocoupe 110, Lakeland, FL, April 17, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1993, 17:48 local (21:48 UTC)
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Location: 28.0020° N, 82.0207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from LAKELAND LINDER INTL (LAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0020&lon=-82.0207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 19, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33260
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33260/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA108

## Probable cause

THE EXCESSIVE APPLICATION OF BRAKES DURING THE LANDING ROLL BY THE PIC. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS HIS DIVERTED ATTENTION WHILE OBSERVING A FLAGMAN NEAR THE RUNWAY.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT LANDING THE TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE WAS ON LANDING ROLL WHEN HE OBSERVED A FLAGMAN TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: NC546W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Monocoupe Aircraft 110
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5W95
- Airframe hours: 880
- Engines: WARNER SS50 185 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Lerille, Lloyd J.
- Registered owner: Lerille, Lloyd J.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 18, 1992, 55 hours before
- Airport: LAL, Lakeland, runway 9, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,400 total, 50 in this make and model, 1,350 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 30,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAL, 1 nm away

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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