Probable cause
The student pilot's inadvertent application of the brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.
NTSB analysis
The certified flight instructor (CFI) and his student were practicing landings in a tailwheel-configured airplane in preparation for the student's first solo. On the fourth landing the student inadvertently applied brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane nosing over, causing substantial damage to the fuselage and tail. The CFI stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for WPR11CA408 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Aug 27, 2011
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Kent, Washington
- Nearest airport
- Kent (KS36)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 140
- N-number
- N2719N
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
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