- Date
- October 18, 1987, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Milford, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2841NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871018060099A
- Case key
- 36033
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight en route was uneventful; however, during the landing at New Milford, CT, the aircraft's propeller struck the surface of the runway & the plane nosed over. The plt stated that he applied the brakes too harshly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2841N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13102
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- S. B. Prudy & B. Bernstein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 1987
- Departed
- DXR · Danbury, CT
- Destination
- 11F
- Airport
- 11N · Candlelight Farms, runway 33, 2,600 × 250 ft, grass/turf
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 142 total · 12 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N2841N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.