<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1156100, March 2014

Stearman pilot reports using too much braking as the aircraft is about to stop after landing; resulting in a nose over with propeller damage.

Attributes
ACN	1156100
Time
Date	201403
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Stearman
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Brake System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 63 Flight Crew Total 2793 Flight Crew Type 20
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

A beautiful day for flying. I had just made a nice landing in stearman and was in the process of using lots of rudder inputs to keep the aircraft on the runway which is typical for stearmans. The aircraft swerved slightly towards the right side of the runway and I had almost brought the aircraft to a complete stop when it then nosed over. Some damage was caused to the propeller and to the top wing skin. The cause of this situation may have been applying the brakes too heavily. Preventative measures for future flights include using the brakes as little as possible (a desirable goal for most tail wheel aircraft).

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Stearman pilot reports using too much braking as the aircraft is about to stop after landing; resulting in a nose over with propeller damage.

Narrative: A beautiful day for flying. I had just made a nice landing in Stearman and was in the process of using lots of rudder inputs to keep the aircraft on the runway which is typical for Stearmans. The aircraft swerved slightly towards the right side of the runway and I had almost brought the aircraft to a complete stop when it then nosed over. Some damage was caused to the propeller and to the top wing skin. The cause of this situation may have been applying the brakes too heavily. Preventative measures for future flights include using the brakes as little as possible (a desirable goal for most tail wheel aircraft).

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.