# Accident 20001227026919A: Piper PA18135, Ramona, CA, December 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2000, 16:45 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0699° N, 116.8299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0699&lon=-116.8299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9952Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9952Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001227026919A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT HAD LANDED ON AN UNIMPROVED DIRT AIRSTRIP LOCATED APPROX. 1/4 MILE NORTH OF THE EL CAPITAN RESERVOIR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. FOLLOWING LANDING ROLLOUT, WHILE TAXIING, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK A LARGE POTHOLE, A/C NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF A/C, WAS UNINJURED. PILOT WALKED OUT OF RURAL, UNHABITED ACCIDENT LOCATION AND APPEARED THE NEXT DAY AT SAN DIEGO FSDO OFFICE TO PERSONALLY REPORT OCCURANCE. (.4) ON DECEMBER 27, 2000, AT 1645 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-18-135, N9952Q, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A NOSE OVER WHILE TAXING ON A DIRT STRIP NEAR EL CAPITAN RESERVOIR, RAMONA, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CFR 14 PART 91 BY THE PRIVATE PILOT WHO WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, WHICH DEPARTED FROM GILLESPIE FIELD AIRPORT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AT 1600. THE PILOT STATED THAT FOLLOWING LANDING ROLLOUT, WHILE TAXING, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A LARGE POTHOLE AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX01LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA056), Dec 28, 2000: Piper PA-18-135 (N9952Q), Ramona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a pothole during taxi, after landing.

## Other reports on N9952Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120102000169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120102000169I), Jan 2, 2012: Piper PA-18-135 (N9952Q), Del Norte, CO, Minor damage. At 1330 local on 01/02/2012 at 8V1 (Del Norte Municipal And County Airport, Colorado) aircraft impacted snow bank on landing rollout causing minor damage.
- [Incident 19940110001309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940110001309I), Jan 10, 1994: Piper PA18135 (N9952Q), El Paso, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on January 10, 1994, Mr. Danny e. grodin was landing at El Paso International Airport, having gone around the pattern once. He landed without…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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