# NTSB SEA08CA075: Cessna 140, N72957, Logan, UT, February 9, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 9, 2008, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Logan, UT - Coordinates: 41.79111, -111.851387 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7911&lon=-111.8514&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 31, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 67532 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA08CA075 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67532/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA075 ## Probable cause The dual-student's excessive brake application, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 200 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 140, 49 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2071602), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The certified flight instructor and a private pilot, who was obtaining initial instruction in conventional landing gear equipped airplanes, were practicing takeoffs and landings. On the last landing, as the airplane slowed and neared a turn off, the private pilot applied the brakes excessively, and the airplane nosed over. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. No mechanical anomalies were noted with the controls or brake systems. ## Factual narrative The certified flight instructor and a private pilot, who was obtaining initial instruction in conventional landing gear equipped airplanes, were practicing takeoffs and landings. On the last landing as the airplane slowed and neared a turn off, the private pilot applied excessive brake application and the airplane nosed over. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. No mechanical anomalies were noted with the control or brake systems. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N72957](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72957), registered now, S/N 10155, built 1946 (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: 10155 - Engines: Continental C-85 85 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Roy D. Hugie - Registered owner: Lucas R Hugie - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: KLGU, Logan, UT - Airport: KLGU, Logan-Cache Airport, runway 35, 9,095 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 26; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review October 1, 2007; seat: right; flight hours: 1,880 total, 0 in this make and model, 1,780 as pilot in command, 56 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 61; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 7,325 total, 4 in this make and model, 7,258 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 150° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 5,500 ft broken - Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 29.92 inHg - Observed at: KLGA ## 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 20080209009709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080209009709A), Feb 9, 2008: Cessna 140, Logan, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) The purpose of the instructional flight was for insurance purposes for the second pilot to get 1 hour in the CE-140 with an instructor. After 6 good… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.