# NTSB SEA07CA054: Cessna 140, N2006V, Murrieta, CA, January 23, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 23, 2007, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Murrieta, CA
- Coordinates: 33.574165, -117.128608
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5742&lon=-117.1286&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65199
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65199/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA054

## Probable cause

The pilot's excessive application of brakes during taxi after landing, resulting in a nose over.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - terrain condition - ground
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2006V-2009-02-09), registration cancelled 2009-02-09, S/N 14217, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14217
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; injuries: none; 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
- Flight instructor; age 65; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070123000839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070123000839A), Jan 23, 2007: Cessna 140, Murrieta/Temecu, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) After exiting the runway onto the taxiway, aircraft nosed over, stopping inverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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