Accident Cessna 140 N72379,
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Date:Tuesday 18 August 1992
Time:18:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C140 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 140
Owner/operator:Joesph Painter
Registration: N72379
MSN: 9565
Year of manufacture:1946
Total airframe hrs:2996 hours
Engine model:CONTINENTAL C-85-12
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Chillicothe, MO -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Trenton, MO (KTRX)
Destination airport:(KCHT)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE AIRPLANE WAS CLOSE TO THE CONCLUSION OF ITS LANDING ROLL ON THE SOD RUNWAY WHEN IT NOSED OVER AND BECAME INVERTED. INITIALLY, THE PILOT COULD NOT RECALL WHAT HE DID THAT WOULD CAUSE THE AIRPLANE TO NOSE OVER. NEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT HE STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE TAPPED THE BRAKES AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY ELEVATOR BACK PRESSURE APPLIED, BUT HE WASN'T SURE.

Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE AIRPLANES BRAKES.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: CHI92LA246
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB CHI92LA246

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Revision history:

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