Overuse of brakes on landing rollout in older conventional tail wheel aircraft leads to nose-over.

Attributes
ACN	142942
Time
Date	199004
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fdk
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 26 flight time total : 785 flight time type : 147
ASRS Report	142942
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Upon landing rollout a wind gust turned aircraft into the wind. While correcting, brakes were applied which locked, resulting in nose-over. Brakes were adjusted previous day. Corrective action: old type left small aircraft drivers say brakes should never be employed heavily while slowly moving in taxi or rollout.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: OVERUSE OF BRAKES ON LNDG ROLLOUT IN OLDER CONVENTIONAL TAIL WHEEL ACFT LEADS TO NOSE-OVER.

Narrative: UPON LNDG ROLLOUT A WIND GUST TURNED ACFT INTO THE WIND. WHILE CORRECTING, BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHICH LOCKED, RESULTING IN NOSE-OVER. BRAKES WERE ADJUSTED PREVIOUS DAY. CORRECTIVE ACTION: OLD TYPE L SMA DRIVERS SAY BRAKES SHOULD NEVER BE EMPLOYED HEAVILY WHILE SLOWLY MOVING IN TAXI OR ROLLOUT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.