- Date
- August 16, 1974
- Place
- Argonia, KS · ARGONIA, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76520Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740816026949A
- Case key
- 134451
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2473 74/8/16 ARGONIA,KANS CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 309 TIME - 1215 N76520 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DROUGHARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARGONIA,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT ROLLED ABT 200FT PLT DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS APPLYING TOO MUCH BRAKE PRESSURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76520
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Droughard
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.