- Date
- June 14, 1992, 20:54 local (Jun 15, 1992, 00:54 UTC)
- Place
- Wauseon, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76009Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920614019989A
- Case key
- 37171
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot improperly used the brakes, resulting in the airplane nosing over.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Nose over
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Analysis
The pilot said he landed with too much speed in calm winds and applied the brakes improperly causing the airplane to nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76009
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10403
- Airframe hours
- 1,370
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis Linehan
- Registered owner
- Dennis Linehan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 27, 1991 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- USE
- Airport
- USE · Fulton County, runway 9, 3,882 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 258 total · 125 in this make and model · 201 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.