- Date
- January 23, 2007, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Murrieta, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2006VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20070123000839A
- Case key
- 65199
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive application of brakes during taxi after landing, resulting in a nose 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.
Analysis
According to the pilot, after landing on runway 36 and while exiting the runway onto a taxiway, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot stated that he probably hit the toe brakes or a gust of wind blew the airplane over. There is no official weather reporting station at the airport; however, in his written statement the pilot said that the winds were light and variable.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, after landing on runway 36 and while exiting the runway onto a taxiway, he lost control of the airplane, and it nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot stated that he probably hit the toe brakes or a gust of wind blew the airplane over. There is no weather reporting station at the airport, and the pilot did not provide an estimate of the wind direction and speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2006V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14217
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CCB · Upland, CA
- Destination
- F70 · Murrieta, CA
- Airport
- F70 · French Valley, runway 36, 6,000 × 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 4 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.