West Bend Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

West Bend, Wisconsin 53090
Friday, June 13, 2003 12:38 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The experimental airplane nosed over during landing roll after a brake application to correct from a drift. When the airplane began to drift to the right, the pilot applied left brake. The airplane then started to rotate to the left, and the pilot applied right brake. The airplane then nosed over. The airplane's brakes and rudder pedals were collocated with each other instead of having a toe brake configuration. The pilot had a total time of 4 hours in the make and model of the accident airplane.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's excessive braking during landing roll. Contributing factors to this accident were the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/13/2003
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1238
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City West Bend
Event State WISCONSIN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 53090
Event Date Year 2003
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 432520N
Event Location Longitude 0880741W
Event Location Airport West Bend Municipal
Event Location Nearest Airport ID ETB
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 887
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1237 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID ETB
Elevation of weather observation facility 887
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 3300
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 24
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.86
Density Altitude (feet) 2234
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 15081
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Jun 13 2003 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1659
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Mar 30 2004 8:14AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office FAA-Milwaukee FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N930V
NTSB Number CHI03LA162
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name New Standard
Aircraft Model D-25
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 152
Certified Max Gross Weight 3400
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 5
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Apr 29 2003 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 18
Airframe Hours 2147
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name EAA Aviation Foundation
Aircraft Owner Street Address PO Box 3065
Aircraft Owner City Oshkosh
Aircraft Owner State WI
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 54903
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code OSH
Departure City Oshkosh
Departure State WI
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1200
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code ETB
Destination City West Bend
Destination State WI
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Jan 27 2004 2:03PM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 31
Runway Length 4494
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --