- Date
- January 13, 2007, 17:10 local (Jan 14, 2007, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18WBCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20070113000229A
- Case key
- 65145
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive use of the airplane's wheel brakes, which resulted in a nose over during landing.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing roll out he applied wheel brakes in an effort to exit the runway and the airplane nosed over. In a written report to the NTSB, the pilot indicated that "applying less brake" and ensuring that the control wheel was full aft could have "likely" prevented the accident. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing roll out, on runway 31R, he applied wheel brakes in an effort to exit the runway and the airplane nosed over. In a written report to the NTSB, the pilot indicated that "applying less brake" and ensuring that the control wheel was full aft could have "likely" prevented the accident. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18WB
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8493
- Engine
- Continental C85-12, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Miller Aviation, LLC
- Registered owner
- Miller Aviation, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Destination
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- RHV · Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara C, runway 31R, 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 369 total · 239 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.