Probably squeezed the brake handle too hard or too long.
The actor Robert Shaw did exactly that during filming of the BoB movie, at Duxford in 1968, standing a Spitfire on its nose. It can actually be seen, in the background, in one of the shots after a bombing raid on the airfield.
 
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