# NTSB MIA98LA173: Mejia Bacon II, N24EM, Winter Haven, FL, June 2, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 2, 1998, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Coordinates: 28.039201, -81.720512 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0392&lon=-81.7205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1998
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38529
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98LA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38529/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA173

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper use of brakes on landing rollout.

## Analysis

The pilot stated he used excessive brakes on landing rollout and the airplane nosed over and came to a complete stop inverted.

## Factual narrative

On June 2, 1998, about 1300 eastern daylight time, a Mejia Bacon II experimental airplane, N24EM, registered to a private owner nosed over on landing rollout at Winter Haven's Municipal Airport, Winter Haven, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Winter Haven's Municipal Airport about 1 hour before the accident.

The pilot stated on landing rollout on runway 29 that he used excessive brakes. The airplane nosed over and came to a complete stop inverted.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24EM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24EM-2001-04-12), registration cancelled 2001-04-12, S/N 01 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Mejia BACON II
- Registry model: [Mejia Eladio AIRPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/mejia-eladio-airplane) (registry code 05613X6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 01
- Airframe hours: 8
- Engines: Continental O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Eladio Mejia
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 10, 1997, 4 hours before
- Departed: GIF
- Airport: GIF, Gilbert Field Municipal, runway 29, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: rear; flight hours: 100 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAL, 20 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19980602011769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980602011769A), Jun 2, 1998: Amtr BACON2, Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. Used too much brakes landing. Nosed over. (.4)the pilot stated he used excessive brakes on landing rollout and the airplane nosed over and came to a complete…

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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