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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CEN24LA007

2023-10-09 Peyton, Colorado, United States Airport · FLY Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N19173

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FAIRCHILD 24 G

Year of manufacture

1937 · 86 years old at event

Engine

WARNER SS40&50 (90 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A16F4B

Registrant of record

AMERICAN AVIATION II LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot’s excessive brake application during landing rollout led to the airplane nosing over.

Factual narrative

The pilot reported that preceding the accident he had performed four uneventful touch and go landings for practice. During the fifth and final landing to a full stop, the airplane veered left of runway centerline. The pilot attempted to correct by applying rudder and brakes and reported that he “went too far” with braking application. The airplane nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies with the flight controls or brakes. The Fairchild 24 is a vintage aircraft. The previous owner was given field approval for installation of a Cleveland wheel and brake kit #199-64, commonly used for higher weight Cessna 310 airplanes. The Cleveland brakes provided more braking power than the originally installed brakes, which likely contributed to the pilot’s excessive braking. 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).

  • Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
  • Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Surface speed/braking-Not attained/maintained

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2023_CEN24LA007.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 or causal vocabulary (stall). 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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