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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CEN12CA044

2011-10-20 Wolverton, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N93HU

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AVIAT INC A-1

Year of manufacture

1993 · 18 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19930910

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACE412

Registrant of record

FUGLEBERG LANCE R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot's inadvertent excessive braking during the landing roll due to momentary pain.

Factual narrative

The pilot reported that while landing off-airport in a grass field, he experienced a sharp pain in his left leg as he was applying the brakes. This caused him to inadvertently apply excessive braking and the airplane nosed over. The airplane came to rest on its back and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, rudder, and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane. The pilot reported that on the landing roll on a grass field, he experienced a sharp pain in his left leg as he was applying the brakes. He inadvertently applied excessive braking and the airplane nosed over. The airplane came to rest on its back and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, rudder, and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).

  • C Personnel issues-Physical-Impairment/incapacitation-(general)-Pilot - C
  • C Aircraft-Aircraft systems-Landing gear system-Brake-Incorrect use/operation - C

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2011_CEN12CA044.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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