Cessna 140 N76061

Summary

On 25 November 2024 at about 22:36 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N76061, operated by Great Lakes Air Ventures LLC, was involved in an accident near Mason, Michigan, 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

25 November 2024 at 22:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Mason, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Mason Jewett Field Airport (TEW)

Coordinates

42.5658, -84.4232

Aircraft

Cessna 140

Registration

N76061

Category

Airplane

Year built

1946

Engines

1

Operator

Great Lakes Air Ventures LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN25LA050

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during landing rollout that resulted in a nose over and an impact with the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was receiving flight instruction from the flight instructor towards a tailwheel endorsement at the time of the accident. The pilot completed several flight maneuvers with the flight instructor before returning to the departure airport where they practiced landings. During these landings, the airplane ended up about 10-15 ft left of the runway centerline before stopping. During the last landing, the pilot flew a stabilized approach with full flaps, at an airspeed of 60 mph, and a descent rate of 300 ft/min. The airplane touched down on its main landing gear and during rollout the pilot placed aileron control input into the wind. The pilot applied corrective rudder control input when the airplane began to drift left of the runway centerline, but the airplane continued to drift left. The pilot did not remember if he applied brakes during the beginning of the landing rollout but applied brakes to prevent the airplane from going off the runway. The flight instructor stated the pilot applied full braking, and the airplane nosed over on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and left wing. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.