- Date
- January 16, 1994, 16:20 local (Jan 17, 1994, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Burns, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95169Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940116010589A
- Case key
- 41869
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Probable cause
The student pilot in command's application of excessive braking during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll the student pilot in command applied excessive braking and the aircraft nosed over.
Factual narrative
On January 16, 1994, approximately 1620 hours Pacific standard time (PST), a Taylorcraft BC12-D, N95169, registered to and being flown by Bradley N. Dill, a student pilot, sustained substantial damage when the aircraft nosed over during rollout on runway 3 at the Burns Municipal Airport, Burns, Oregon. The pilot was uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was a supervised solo, was to have been operated in accordance with the requirements set forth in 14CFR91 and originated from Burns at approximately 1335 hours.
The pilot reported to the Investigator in Charge immediately following the accident that while rolling out he applied too much brake pressure and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95169
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9569
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Continental C-85F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dill, Bradley, N.
- Registered owner
- Dill, Bradley, N.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 24, 1993 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- BNO · Burns Municipal, runway 3, 5,100 × 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.