Crash location | 43.140000°N, 89.340000°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
Nearest city | Middleton, WI
43.078329°N, 89.556510°W 11.7 miles away |
Tail number | N471LS |
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Accident date | 06 Dec 2014 |
Aircraft type | Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160 |
Additional details: | None |
The pilot reported that the tail wheel equipped airplane nosed over during landing rollout on the grass runway. He informed a Federal Aviation Administration inspector that the runway surface varied with both wet and dry areas, which caused a variable braking action. The pilot noted that the accident might have been prevented with more careful brake application. He stated that there were no failures or malfunctions with the airplane before the accident.
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while braking during landing rollout.