Cessna 120 N2693N

Summary

On 8 July 2013 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna 120 registered N2693N, operated by Daniel B David, was involved in an accident near Lakeville, Minnesota, 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

8 July 2013 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lakeville, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Airlake Airport (KLVN)

Coordinates

44.6278, -93.2281

Aircraft

Cessna 120

Registration

N2693N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Daniel B David

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lakeville → Lakeville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13CA400

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's excessive application of the brakes during the landing roll and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, 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 flight instructor was conducting tailwheel training operations with the private pilot who did not have any tailwheel experience. During the second landing, the tailwheel touched down first, the airplane bounced slightly, and then landed on all three landing gear. According to the instructor, the airplane began to swerve left and right; the student did not make the proper corrections so he took over the flight controls. During the recovery the brakes were applied, the airplane nosed-over, and came to rest inverted on the runway. The flight instructor did not recall touching the brakes during the recovery, but thought the student might have inadvertently applied the brakes. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and empennage. The flight instructor stated that prior to the accident there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane. A postaccident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed no evidence of preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.