Cessna 140 N89166

Summary

On 11 March 2006 at about 06:30 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N89166, operated by John Trotter, was involved in an accident near Mesa, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 March 2006 at 06:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Falcon Field (FFZ)

Coordinates

33.4681, -111.7361

Aircraft

Cessna 140

Registration

N89166

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John Trotter

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Phoenix → Mesa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

LAX06CA127

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's improper use of the flight controls during landing, which resulted in a nose over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane nosed over during landing. The pilot noted light precipitation in the area and calm winds as he entered the pattern for landing. On short final he noticed a glossy looking runway and encountered light rain drops on the windscreen. He did a wheel landing and as the airplane rolled out, it drifted right of centerline. As he input corrective action for the right drift, he continued to hold the tail wheel off of the ground in order to maintain the best forward visibility. During these corrective actions, the airplane pitched forward and nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The pilot said the airplane did not have any mechanical malfunctions or failures.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.